Il Gran mogul was discovered in the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh, amongst the family papers of the Marquesses of Lothian. It is believed to have belonged to the flute -playing nobleman Lord Robert Kerr, son of the third Marquess of Lothian. it is thought he may have aquired it on a Grand Tour of Europe in the early 1700s.
The substantial three-movement concerto lasting approximately ten minutes was discovered and authenticated by musicologist Andrew Wooley, and verified by world-renowned Vivaldi scholar Michael Talbot.
