 The artist lived in Louveciennes from 1872 onwards and would move to Marly-le-Roi for good in winter 1874.It shows Noisy-le-Roi, a village between Versailles and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, to the southwest of Louveciennes and Marly-le-Roi, on the edge of the Marly forest.Under the title "Autumn Morning", it featured in a sale of works by Sisley, Monet, Renoir and Berthe Morisot at the Hôtel Drouot in Paris on 24 March 1875, appearing on page 14 of the sale catalogue.