Inscriptions on the back, on the bottom right, stamped with black ink "AF" (Lugt, 3627) and written with brown ink "Ottino". High in the center, brand with brown ink: "C" (Lugt, 477). At the top, in the center and on the right, two unidentified ink initials; at the center written in pencil in the twentieth century: "Ecole vénetienne Ottini (Pascal) Vérone 1570-1630. Marque C (Lugt 477 non identifiée) en haut au mileu du dessin. Un ange discusses avec St. Augustin sur le mystére de la Sainte Trinité. Dessin du Xvie italien". Under faded pencil, unidentified. Bottom left (identical to the one on the front): "Ottino".

Provenance: Albert Léon Victor Finot Collection (1853-1941), as identified by Lugt. André Finot Collection (son of Albert; 1884-1980); Private Collection.

Bibliography: Frits Lugt, Les marques de collections de dessins et d'estampes, edizione 1921 e nuova edizione online 2010, nn. L.477 e L.3627; Laurence Lhinares, Ce cher docteur Finot, in Les marques de collections I. Cinquièmes rencontres internationales du Salon du dessin, 24 et 25 mars 2010, sous la direction de Peter Fuhring, Paris 2010, pp. 135-143

Reference bibliography: A.M. Conforti Calcagni, Profilo di Pasquale Ottino, in "Arte veneta", n. 23, 1969 (1970), pp. 156-168; The illustrated Bartsch, vol. 38, "Italian artists of the sixteenth century", Edited by Sebastian Buffa, New York-Abaris Books 1983, incisione p. 49; Correggio e l'antico, Catalogo della mostra tenutasi a Roma nel 2008, a cura di A. Coliva, Milano 2008.