Possibly painted for Cardinal Ascanio Colonna (1559/60-1608) in Rome
Possibly in the collection of Filippo II Colonna (1663-1714), Palazzo Colonna, Rome, traditionally identified with the painting listed in his posthumous inventory of 1714, no. 417: "Un quadro dj palmi quattro, e tre per traverso rapp.te un Paese della sqola del Brilli con sua cornice nera con battenti doratj spett.e come sopra" but much more likely described along with its pendant as nos. 881a and 881b: "Due quadri in rame d'un palmo per traverso rapp.ti due Paesini, cioè uno un Paesino, e l'altro una Marina originali di d.o Brucolo..."
Possibly by descent in the Colonna family to Filippo III, Gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli, and possibly identifiable in his 1783 inventory, along with the pendant, as no. 417: "Due quadri di 1 1/2 per traverso= Paesi, e Marine con Figure= Bruguel Paesista"
Private collection, Switzerland
With Galeria Silvano Lodi, Campione, 1979
Private collection, Germany.