Gerard Hoet, Catalogus of naamlyst van Schilderyen, met derzelver pryzen, 1952, “Catalogus van Schilderyen, Van Jacques Jordaans, verkogt den 22 Maart 1734 in "s Hage”, lot 102 “Een Jonge en been Meijse door uts” 6v. by 2v9d. and lot 105 “Een Sot met been Oudemans en Jongvrouwe Beeld door uts”, 6v. by 2v10d.
Max Rooses, Jordaens" Leben und Werke, 1906, pp. 190‑191.
Julius S. Held, “Jordaens" Portraits of his Family”, in Art Bulletin vol XXII, 1940, pp. 81‑82, reproduced fig. 17.
Leo van Puyvelde, Jordaens, 1953, pp. 150‑151 and 204 as “L"Amour juvénile” and “L"Amour sénile”.
Michael Jaffé, Jacob Jordaens 1593‑1678, exhibition catalogue,
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1968‑69, pp. 187‑188 under cat. no. 195.
Roger Adolf d"Hulst, Jordaens Drawings, 1974, I, under no. A180.
Roger Adolf d"Hulst, N. de Poorter, M. Vandenven, H. Devisscher, Jacob Jordaens 1593 - 1678, exhibition catalogue Antwerp, 1993, p. 130, under cat. no. A36, fig. A36b (I).