The painting, dated and signed, was made in Naples in 1636, as part of a series of over thirty pictures on the history of Rome commissioned to Giovanni Lanfranco, Domenichino, Ribera himself, and other artists.
A pintura, datada e asinada, foi realizada en Nápoles en 1636, como parte dun ciclo de máis de trinta cadros sobre a historia de Roma encargada a Giovanni Lanfranco, Domenichino, a propio Ribera e outros artistas.