1471, Santo Spirito, Mariotto di Marco della Pala (Palla altarpiece) (Florence, Italy)

Alexander Baker (London, England)

June 6, 1874, sold by (Christie's, London, England) auction A. Barker, lot 47

Earl of Somers (Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire, England)

by descent to Lady Henry Somerset (England)

Henry-Charles Somers Somerset (The Priory, Reigate, England)

1926, (Trotti and Co., Paris, France)

1926-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Neri di Bicci, Tobias and Three Archangels, 1471, tempera, oil (?), gold and silver on wood panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 26.114.