 The painting was in the possession of Sir Audley Neeld of Chippenham until sold to R. Langton Douglas in 1909.It passed through the collection of Edgar Speyer before it was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Michael Friedsam in 1931.The authorship of van der Weyden has never been seriously contested since the late 19th century, although d'Este was not established as the sitter until 1939.