James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton (1606-1649), Scotland, listed in Inventories of 1638, 1643 and 1649; Archduke Leopold Wilhelm (1614-1662) from 1649, Brussels, then Vienna, listed in Inventories of 1659, 1660; Emperor Leopold I, Vienna, listed in Inventory of 1705; Emperor Charles VI, Stallburg, Vienna, listed in List of 1735; Anton Schiestl, Curate of St. Peter's Church, before 1877, Vienna; Church of St. Stephen, Baden, Donated by Anton Schiestl in 1877; Sold by them to a Private Collection, Austria in 1920 and by descent; Sold at Dorotheum, Vienna, 2 October 2002, lot 267; Koelliker Collection, Milan; Purchased by NMWA, 2015.

1642	Baglione, G. Le vite de' pittori, scultori, et architetti: dal Pontificato di Gregorio XIII del 1572. In fino a'tempi di Papa Urbano Ottauo nel 1642. Roma, Nella stamperia d'Andrea Fei, 1642
1660	Teniers, D. Theatrum Pictorium. Brussel, 1660
1924	Frey, D. Die Die Denkmale des politischen Bezirkes Baden. 1924 (Österreichische Kunsttopographie, 18), fig. 53.
1967	Nicolson, Benedict. "Bartolomeo Manfredi". Studies in Renaissance & Baroque Art: Presented to Anthony Blunt on his 60th Birthday. London/ New York, Phaidon, 1967, p. 110.
1979	Nicolson, Benedict. The International Caravaggesque Movement: Lists of Pictures by Caravaggio and his Followers throughout Europe from 1590 to 1650. Oxford, Phaidon, 1979, p. 70.
1987	Morselli, Raffaella. "La fortuna critica". Dopo Caravaggio: Bartolomeo Manfredi e la manfrediana methodus. Brejon de Lavergnée, Arnauld et al. Milano, A. Mondadori, [1987]., pp. 39-40.
1990	Nicolson, Benedict. Caravaggism in Europe. 2en edition, Torino, U. Allemandi, [1990], vol. 1, p. 143, no. 297 (as lost), vol. 2, fig. 297.
1993	Morselli, Raffaella. Bartolomeo Manfredi (1582-1622): Sandrart, il collezionista olandese Balthasar Coymanse e alcune nuove proposte. Antichità viva. no. 3-4, 1993, pp. 25-37.
1993	Caravaggio: The Master Revealed (exh. cat). Benedetti, Sergio, ed. The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 18 November 1993 - 31 January 1994. [Dublin], National Gallery of Ireland, 1993, p. 33.
2004	Hartje, Nicole. Bartolomeo Manfredi (1582-1622): ein Nachfolger Caravaggios und seine europäische Wirkung, Monographie und Werkverzeichnis. Weimar, VDG, 2004., pp. 315-319.
2004	Papi, Gianni. Dipinti inediti di pittori caravaggeschi nella collezione Koelliker. Paragone. no. 57, September 2004, pp. 45-48.
2004	Papi, Gianni. Manfredi: La cattura di Cristo, collezione Koelliker. [Milano], [Marco Voena], [2004]
2005	Caravaggio e l'Europa: il movimento caravaggesco internazionale da Caravaggio a Mattia Preti (exh. cat.). Milano, Palazzo Reale, 15 October 2005 – 6 February 2006; Vienna, Liechtenstein Museum, 5 March – 9 July 2006. Milano, Skira, 2005, pp. 288-289.
2006	La "schola" del Caravaggio: dipinti dalla collezione Koelliker (exh. cat.). Papi, Gianni, ed. Palazzo Chigi, Ariccia, 13 October 2006 – 11 February 2007. Milano, Skira, 2006, pp. 38-41.
2010	Vodret, Rossella. "Bartolomeo Manfredi". I Caravaggeschi: percorsi e protagonisti. Zuccari, Alessandro. Milano, Skira, 2010, p. 525.
2013	Papi, Gianni. Bartolomeo Manfredi. Soncino, Edizioni dei Soncino, 2013, pp. 22-23, 156-158.
2016	Beyond Caravaggio (exh. cat.). Treves, Letizia, ed. The National Gallery, London ,12 October 2016 -15 January 2017; National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 11 February - 14 May 2017; Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, 17 June - 24 September 2017. London, National Gallery Company Limited, 2016, pp. 69, 177, repr.