15th century
27.3 x 18.1 cm (10 3/4 x 7 1/8 in.)
Jonathan Richardson, Sr., London, England. Bishop Benson. Sir John Gott, Bishop of Truro, Cornwall, England. Reginald Herbert, The Earl of Pembroke, Wilton House, Salisbury, England, sold [through Sotheby's, London, July 7, 1917, lot 343]; to [Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, NY], sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA, July 15, 1919, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940.
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