(Stefano Bardini [1836-1922], Florence); sold 1924 to (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York);[1] purchased 15 December 1936 by The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh;[2] gift 1937 to NGA. [1] A 16 November 1923 cable from the Duveen Paris office describes the _Matteo Olivieri_ and _Michele Oliveri_ and notes "Bardini wants 8000 Pounds pair." Payments were made on 21 January and 7 March 1924. This provenance is given in the Duveen Brothers records (Box 299, Folder 3, accession number 960015, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles), and in _Duveen Pictures in Public Collections of America_, New York, 1941: no. 41. The painting cannot be securely identified with any of those listed as belonging to Bardini by F. Scalia and C. De Benedictis, _Il Museo Bardini_, Florence, 1984: 1:121-125. [2] The original Duveen Brothers invoice is in Gallery Archives, copy in NGA curatorial files.