Paul Durand-Ruel
The painting was first sold by the artist in 1864 to Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, who had a reputation as a discerning connoisseur, and paid a full 8000 francs for the work. It was then sold in 1868 to Paul Durand-Ruel, and then in the same year to William H. Herriman of Rome who gave it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1920 where it is one of the few important Moreau paintings outside France.