J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters, III, London, 1831, p. 15, under no. 42, 'The original study for the preceding picture is in the collection of Sir Abraham Hume, Bart.'.
L. Cust, Anthony van Dyck. An historical study of his Life and Works, London, 1900, p. 246, no. 6, as Van Dyck, after his return from Italy.
G. Glück, 'Ein unveröffentlichtes Altargemälde van Dycks', Pantheon, III, March 1929, pp. 125; reprinted in G. Glück, Rubens, Van Dyck und ihr Kreis, Vienna 1933, pp. 315-317, fig. 173, as 'Van Dyck'.
G. Glück, Klassiker der Kunst: Van Dyck, New York, 1931, pp. 256 above, 546, as 'Van Dyck'.
H. Vey, 'Anton Van Dyck's Ölskizzen', Bulletin, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, V, 1-4, 1956, pp. 181 and 205, note 27, as 'Kopie'.
E. Larsen, The Paintings of Anthony van Dyck, I, Freren, 1988, p. 267, fig. 243; II, p. 277, no. 686, as 'Van Dyck', executed circa 1626-1628.
M. Jaffé, 'Van Dyck's Sketches for the Hamburg "Adoration of the Shepherds"', Pantheon, LIII, 1995, pp. 87-93, pl. I, as 'Van Dyck'.
S. Barnes et al., Van Dyck: A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, p. 248, under no. III.3.
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