 Ownership of the painting, part of the disputed Hugh Lane bequest, has been shared since 1959 between the National Gallery and the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin.The ownership dispute between the National Gallery and the Dublin gallery was due to be resolved in 2019.In 1956 the painting was stolen from the Tate Gallery in London by two Irish students while it was on display there in order to highlight Ireland's claim to the Hugh Lane Bequest.