It is housed in the National Gallery of Art at Washington, DC, United States.

The provenance of the work is unknown, as it is known only from 1786 when the Venetian doctor Pellegrini sold to Sir Abraham Hume.

The latter's heirs sold it on the London market 1923 and again in 1936, when it was bought by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.

The painting portrays an unknown, aged Italian condottiero's bust, seen from three-quarters above a dark background.

Other identifications include Bartolomeo d'Alviano (basing on a statement by later Renaissance art historian Giorgio Vasari) and Giovanni Emo [it], implying that it could have been executed around 1475–1500.