Part of the Swedish war booty in Prague 1648; Number 468 in the inventory of the Prague booty, as Caridas mit 3 Kindern und einen Engl
(Possibly) Louis De Geer (Liege 1587-Amsterdam 1652); by descent to his second son:
(Possibly) Louis De Geer of Finspong (1622-1695); by descent to his son:
(Possibly) Jean Jacques De Geer of Finspong (1666-1738); by descent to his son:
Louis De Geer of Finspong (1705-1758); by descent to his son:
Jean Jacques De Geer of Finspong (1737-1809); by descent to his son:
Baron Gerard De Geer (1787-1846), from whom purchased by:
Count Gustaf af Wetterstedt (died 1837), the Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the occasion of his marriage to Baron Gerard's sister, Charlotta Aurora De Geer (1779-1834); By descent to her children by her first marriage and her nieces:
Her sons: Count A F Nils Gyldenstolpe, The Lord High Chamberlain (Riksmarskalk)and Count K A Gyldenstolpe; and her nieces, Baroness E J Leijonhufvud and Miss C H E Trolli; sold to the Managing Director of the family Foundry(Brukspatron):
Carl Edvard Ekman (1826-1903), who purchased Finspong Castle and its entire Estate in 1856; his sale:
Christie's, London, July 10th 1896, lot 80 (unsold for 9 Guineas; together with nine other unsold pictures from the Finspong Collection returned to the owner); by descent to his son:
Axel Ekman (Finspong 1869-1939), Province Governor (Landshovding); hung at the Mo Gard Estate by 1894 and by 1917 hung at the Marieholm Residence, Mariestad; by descent to his wife:
Baroness Marianne Ekman, nee Klingspor (1872-1957); given in 1940 to her eldest daughter:
Thence by descent

Stockholm, Konstforeningens f.d. lokal, Utstallmingen af aldre mastares taflor ur Svenska Privatsamlingar, 19 May - 15 June 1893, No. 14 (lent by Carl Ekman, Finspong)
Stockholm, Konstakademien, Mitt basta konstverk, 1941, catalogue no. 19
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Cranach och den tyska Renassansen, 23 Sep - 20 Nov 1988, No. 59 (illustrated)

(Probably) L. von Rook, Catalogue des tableaux de la Collection de Finspong, Stockholm, 1809, p. 12, catalogue no. 177 (as Une Charité: piece rare pour son anciennite; par Lucas Cranach 1534)
(Probably) L von Rook, Catalogue des tableaux de la Collection de Finspong, Stockholm, 1823, p. 6, catalogue no. 86 (as Une Charité: piece rare pour son anciennite; par Lucas Cranach 1534)
O Granberg, Sveriges Privata Tafvelsamlingar, Stockholm, 1885, No. 86 (Collection C. E. Ekman, Finspong)
O Granberg, Catalogue Raisonne De Tableaux Anciens Inconnus jusqu'ici dans Les Collections Privees de la Suede, Stockholm, 1886, No. 143
A G Gothe, Teivelsamlingen pa Finspang, Stockholm, 1894, p. 2, No. 9 (illustrated)
According to Gothe, op. cit., listed in N. F. Sanders unpublished catalogue of the Finspong Collection, 1878-79
O Granberg, Studier i Finspanga Tefveigalleri, essay of 1884 in Konsthistoriska Studier och Anteckningar, Stockholm, 1895, p. 54
O Granberg, Inventaire General des Tresors D'Art en Suede, Stockholm, 1913, Vol. III: 2, p. 72, No. 247 (where listed as probably imported from Prague 1648)
E Malmberg, Mogard, Stockholm, 1915, p. 7 (illustrated as part of the interior)
E Malmberg, Marieholm, Stockholm, ca 1920, p. 20 (illustrated)
O Granberg, Svenska Konstsamlingarnas Historia fran Gustav Vasas tid till vara dagar, Vol. III Gustav III-Karl XIII, Stockholm, 1931, p. 78 (Collection Ekman, Marieholm)
M J Friedlander and J Rosenberg, Die Gemalde von Lucas Cranach, 1932, No. 185
M. Olsson, Finspangs slott, essay in Svenska Kulturbilder, N.F., Vol. 3/4, 1935, pp. 254, 256
M J Friedlander and J Rosenberg, The Paintings of Lucas Cranach, New York, 1978 (revised edition of the 1932 edition), p. 114, No. 223 (illustrated), (formerly Mo Gard, Sweden, Collection Axel Ekman/Collection de Finspong)
H. Frykenstedt, Jean Jacques och Aurora Taube De Geer af Finspang och deras varld, Norrtalje, 1987, p. 53 (as "ett Gammall stycke Kiarleken"), 195, 205