Sir Hugh Lane bought the painting for a high price in 1912. It was then thought to be by Goya. Lane, like many collectors of Impressionist pictures, had a keen appreciation of earlier Spanish art.
Exhibtion of Pictures by the Old Masters given and bequeathed to the National Gallery of Ireland by the Late Sir Hugh Lane, National Gallery of Ireland, 1918, no.13
Loan Exhibition Of Paintings from Public Collections of Friends of Coventry Overseas, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, 1960
Centenary Exhibition, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, October-December 1964, no.167
Four Centuries of Spanish painting,The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham,1967, no.8
Shades of Grey: Painting without Colour, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 22 June-29 September 2013