Possibly A. Palomino de Castro y Velasco, El Museo Pictórico y Escala Optica, Madrid 1947, pp. 877–78 (as Ribera); C. Felton, 'Ribera's Hercules Resting Rediscovered', in Apollo, vol. 131, June 1990, pp. 374–81, reproduced p. 375 (as Ribera);; C. Felton, 'Out of the Shadows: Jusepe Ribera', in Apollo, vol. 136, September 1992, pp. 142 and 146, note 4 (as Ribera, datable 1625);; A. Pérez Sánchez, Jusepe de Ribera; 1591–1652, exhibition catalogue, Naples 1992, p. 184, cat. no. 143, reproduced in colour in reverse p. 186 (as Ribera; incorrect measurements given);; N. Spinosa and D. M. Pagano, I Profeti di San Martino, Naples 1992, p. 17, note 3 (as a copy after a lost original);; N. Spinosa, Ribera, L'opera completa, Naples 2003, p. 349, cat. no. B14 (as a copy after a lost original; incorrect measurements given);; N. Spinosa, Ribera, la obra completa, Madrid 2008, p. 519, cat. no. D.14 (with incorrect measurements and image, and as a copy after a lost original).