 The Norton Simon Museum version was attributed to Titian in sales in England between 1801 and 1859, but a sale in London in 1891 called it a Giorgione.Though a date of about 1515 has long been the usual view, purely on stylistic grounds, Charles Hope has suggested about 1511.This is partly because of its relationship to Sebastiano del Piombo's "Salome" of 1510 (National Gallery), where the setting also moves from dark at the left to light at the right.