Oil on canvas; 65 ½ by 45 ½ in; 166 x 115.5 cm; held in a 19th century gilded wood frame

Provenance: Count Cosmas Migliorucci, 1725 and then by descent in the Nevill family, Nevill Holt Hall, Leicestershire, England; purchased by Mr. H. Butteriss, Conduit House, Hallerton, England c.1915 and subsequently sold Christies 2nd August 1928, lot 94, where bought by Mr. Blakeland; Alan Carr Collection, San Francisco, U.S.A., 1967; Philip Mould – Historical Portraits, London, 2003; Miles Barton - Period Paintings, 2011; Private Collection, England

Literature: Miles Barton, "A Man of Sense: Thomas Gibson's Portrait of Antonio Niccolini (1701-1769)", The Georgian Group Journal, XXI, p. 199–202