Something must have gone wrong with the original commission as the painting was very soon on the market and bought by a Flemish consortium that included Rubens. After being offered to Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, it was taken to Antwerp and offered to the Dominican church there. It is first mentioned in a letter by Frans Pourbus the Younger, a painter at the court of Mantua. On 15 September 1607 he wrote to his employer, Vincenzo I Gonzaga, the Duke of Mantua, that the painting was on the market in Naples for 400 ducats. See also List of paintings by Caravaggio References External links Madonna of the Rosary on Google Arts and Culture 1607 paintings Paintings by Caravaggio Paintings of the Madonna and Child Paintings in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum