How does this artwork elucidate its History of the painting?
The work was with art dealer Gerhard Morell in Copenhagen/Hamburg.  It entered the private collection of Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in Schwerin Castle.  It became part of the collection of the Staatliches Museum Schwerin before 1752.A slighthly smaller, second version of the painting (present location unknown) was at the Thore (Burger) sale (Paris 1892) and in the van Hall sale (Antwerp, 1836). In 1905 it was in Paris with art dealer Franz Kleinberger who exhibited it in Antwerp.  It may be the work in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm referred to as The Dream or The Corinthian Bride and attributed to 'manner of Jacob Jordaens'. The Corinthian Bride is the title of a balad of Goethe (1797), which reworks the story of Marchete and Philinion.
second version of the painting Schwerin Jacob Jordaens Staatliches Museum Schwerin Nationalmuseum Franz Kleinberger Schwerin Castle Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin