History
The origin of the painting is almost as mysterious as its model. While it is unknown who commissioned it or where it spent the first century of its existence, it passed at some point to Carlo de' Medici. Upon Carlo de' Medici's death in 1666, it entered the collection of the Uffizi. The painting was restored in 1991.
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