By 1845, Paolo Marulli d'Ascoli (b. 1766 - d. 1846), Naples [see note 1]; by descent to Sebastiano Troiano Marulli d'Ascoli (b. 1867 - d. 1917), Duke of Ascoli and Prince of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, Naples [see note 2]. With Elia Volpi (b. 1858 - d. 1938), Florence [see note 3]. 1921, Duveen Brothers, New York; 1921, sold by Duveen to Mrs. Walter Scott Fitz (Henrietta Goddard Wigglesworth) (b. 1847 - d. 1927), Boston; gift of Mrs. Walter Scott Fitz to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 20, 1921)

[1] See Napoli e i Luoghi Celebri delle sue Vicinanze, vol. 2 (Naples, 1845), where a Salome attributed to Leonardo da Vinci is recorded in the collection of Paolo Marulli, whose brother was the great- great-grandfather of Sebastiano Marulli. Other works of art recorded in Paolo Marulli's collection in 1845 passed to the heirs of his nephew.

[2] Luca Beltrami, "Luini, 1512-1532" (Milan, 1911), p. 566, records this painting as being in the Duke of Ascoli collection. The Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno d'Italia (December 21, 1903), p. 5682, lists a Salome with the head of St. John by Luini in the collection of Sebastiano Marulli, Duke of Ascoli.

[3] Marilena Tamassia, "Collezioni d'arte tra Ottocento e Novecento: Jacquier fotografi a Firenze 1870-1935" (Naples, 1995), p. 224, no. 51517.