Preservation: Good. The painting was in very bad condition. A considerable amount of paint had fallen off and smaller parts also all over the surface. The protective coats had darkened, the stretcher had disintegrated.
Restored: 1988, Kemal Selmanović.
Provenance: As a sign of gratitude and eternal love a donation (9 Jan. 1754) from Angela Rosa de Regazzi and Bona de Magio, in memory of their sister Angela Maddalena, who was a nun, first in the convent of Saint Barbara in Cremona; the nurse Tončka Dovič (1911–1965), Ljubljana; in memory of his deceased sister, who had worked with Dr. Franta Mis, her brother Ivan Dovič, gave the painting to Dr. Mis in 1967; in 1988 Dr. Dušan Mis and Marija Mis donated it to the Narodna galerija.
Exhibition: 1993, Ljubljana, No. 31.
Lit.: Zeri and Rozman 1993, pp. 149–150, Cat. and Fig. No. 31.
Pasted on the back of the canvas was a label with an inscription in ink. At the time of the restoration, this was removed and preserved:
ANGELA ROS[A] / DE REGATIIS, / BONA, DE MADIIS / ACCEPTISSIMAE SORORI / ANGELAE MAGDALENAE / CLARISSIMO SANCTAE BARBARAE / CREMONENSI COLLEGIO / PRIMO ADDICTAE / CLAUDENS DIE SUPREMU / GRATI ANIMI ET AMORIS PERENNI / MONVMENTO / VULNERATUM COR JESU / PECTORA TRAHENS SACRATA / TABULAM COLORIBUS / SIGNANTE / D.D.D. / … IX. KAL. JANUARIJ / MDCCLIV.