It was sold at auction in 1888, after which the painting was displayed in the bar of the Hoffman House Hotel, New York City until 1901, when it was bought and stored in a warehouse, the buyer hoping to keep its 'offensive' content from the public.
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Robert Sterling Clark discovered the piece in storage and acquired it in 1942.
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Recently cleaned and restored, the piece is currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, on loan from the Clark Art Institute located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, through April 2014, while the museum undergoes renovations.