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It is unknown whether the painting had an intended recipient; Titian's main client in his last years was King Philip II of Spain, but the picture is not mentioned in the surviving correspondence.  The painting may well be one of those still in Titian's studio at his death in 1576.  There are a number of these, including for example The Death of Actaeon in the National Gallery, London (certainly intended for Philip), and there is a general argument as to whether they should be regarded as finished or not.  In this case the signature and areas of detailed finish may suggest that the painting had been completed.Nothing is known of its history before it appears in an inventory of 1655 of the Arundel Collection, by then in exile from the English Civil War in Amsterdam.  This was formed by Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel (d. 1646) and his wife Alethea Howard, and was mostly dispersed by their son after Alethea's death in 1655.  The collection had mostly been formed in the 1620s, when the Howards went on an extended visit to Italy, and it is presumed that the painting was bought there.The painting was bought by Franz Imstenraed in 1655.  He was the nephew of (Edvard, Everard or) Everhard Jabach, a banker from Cologne who was one of the greatest private collectors of the century, and also acted as an agent for Cardinal Mazarin and Louis XIV of France.  In the 1650s the superb collection of Arundel's friend Charles I of England was being dispersed in London, and Jabach, acting on behalf of Louis, was one of many international buyers active, with agents on the ground.In 1673 it was acquired by Karl II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn, Bishop of Olomouc, after being a prize in a lottery.  He also bought most of the collection of the brothers Bernhard and Franz Imstenraed, which remains intact in Kroměříž Castle, the former Archbishop's Palace, now the National Museum, in Kroměříž.It appears the painting was cut down at top and bottom, and added to at the sides, especially on the right, during the 18th century.  In modern times, the painting has been exhibited abroad in London in 1983 and 2003, in Washington in 1986, and in Paris, Vienna, Venice, Rome, and New York, most recently in "Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible", an exhibition of unfinished works, at Met Breuer in 2016.
Alethea Howard Louis XIV Kroměříž Castle lottery Titian National Gallery Met Breuer English Civil War Amsterdam Louis XIV of France National Gallery, London Everhard Jabach Kroměříž Philip II of Spain Cologne Cardinal Mazarin Charles I of England The Death of Actaeon Death of Actaeon Muse Bishop of Olomouc Karl II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn Archbishop's Palace Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel