Church of Santa Maria della Febbre, Rome

Painted in 1629 by Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, this oil on panel depicting the Church of Santa Maria della Febbre in Rome entered the historical record as a possession of King Frederick of Prussia, though the specific monarch remains unidentified due to illegible seals on the reverse. The work appeared at a Frederik Muller and Co. auction in Amsterdam on November 25, 1924, where it was likely purchased by agent Huber on behalf of collector Anton W.M. Mensing.

Following Mensing's death, the painting was sold from his estate in Amsterdam on November 15, 1938. It subsequently passed through the hands of dealer D.A. Hoogendijk and collector J.A.G. Sandberg before returning to Hoogendijk by 1953. Acquired by Frederick A. Stern, Inc. of New York, the panel was sold in 1954 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, which gifted it to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., in 1961.

The painting entered the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., in 1961 as a gift from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, having been purchased by the foundation in 1954. Prior to this, the work passed through several private collections in the Netherlands, including those of Anton W.M. Mensing and J.A.G. Sandberg, following its sale from the estate of King Friedrich of Prussia in Amsterdam in 1924.

While the specific inventory number is not detailed in the available records, the work is cataloged within the museum's Samuel H. Kress Collection. There is no documented exhibition history provided in the current sources.