 The original frame survived until the 19th century and was inscribed with a date believed to be 1482 ; 20th @-@ century art historians suggested the number 's final digit was a nine , which would give a date of 1489 . In 1847 Gustav Friedrich Waagen described it as one of Memling 's " finest and most original works " . In 1902 it was exhibited in Bruges at the Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges , after which it underwent cleaning and restoration . Philip Lehman bought it in 1920 from the Radziwill family who may have had it in their family since the 16th century ; Antoni Radziwill discovered it on a family estate in the early 19th century . At that time it had been pierced through with an arrow and required restoration . 
