by 1658, Pope Alexander VII (Vatican City). Don Flavio Chigi (1631–1693) (Rome, Italy)

Cardinal Conte Mattei (Rome, Italy)

by descent to his brother, Conte Mattei della Pergola (Rome and Pergola, Italy). Alexander C. de Frey (1882–1951) (Lucerne, Switzerland)

1951, purchased from Frey's estate by (Dr. Paul Drey, Paul Drey Gallery) (New York, New York, USA)

1952-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, Chair of St. Peter, 1658, terracotta. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund, 52.220.