it is published in the maurizio marini corpus catalogico "caravaggio - pictor praestantissimus" newton & compton - 2005 in the position q50. the painting is declared "d'interesse artistico e storico" by the "ministero per i beni e le attività culturali sopraintendenza regionale del fiuli - venezia giulia". its authenticity has been attested by several experts including maurizio marini and denis mahon and confirmed by a court in trieste.