 It was the first of his works to be exhibited in London, before he moved there in 1884 following the scandal caused in Paris by his sensuous "Portrait of Madame X".The portrait was retained by Dr Pozzi until his death in 1918, and then kept by his widow and later inherited by his son, Jean Pozzi.It was acquired by Armand Hammer after Jean's death in 1967; and after Hammer's death in 1990, the painting was transferred to the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles in 1991.