Related literature and comparable objects: Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny: Taste and the Antique. The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900. London, 1981, p. 307 / Albacini: Silen mit Dionysosknaben (published in: auction: Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art. London, Sotheby's, 5th December 2017, cat. no. 124) we would like to thank Klaus Fittschen, former director of the Athens Department of the German Archaeological Institute for kindly providing additional information..

Collection of Count Johann Ludwig Wallmoden-Gimborn (1736–1811), Hanover (acquired before 1781 at Carlo Albacini, Rome) / since then in the possession of the House of Welf (traceable until 1943) / Gero von Schönfeldt (1932–2014), Hanover (1957/58 as a gift from Architectural Historian Peter Neve, Hanover) / thence by descent to the present owner

Klaus Fittschen and Johannes Bergemann (ed.): Katalog der Skulpturen der Sammlung Wallmoden. Munich, 2015, cat. no. 66, p. 141, plate 120 a