 Thinning paint has revealed some of the underdrawing and pentimenti.It was in the collection of Hollingworth Magniac, known as the Colworth collection, and then sold from the estate of his son Charles Magniac in 1892 and bought by Robert Thompson Crawshay (the fourth son of Robert Thompson Crawshay).It was later bought by an art dealer, the Galleria San Giorgio in Rome, and it was bought by the National Gallery in 1934.