在這幅作品完成者之後,弗美爾的贊助人皮亚特·凡·瑞文很可能馬上就從畫家那裏買下了它。此人去世之後,畫作可能還依次傳給了他的遺孀瑪麗亞(Maria de Knuijt)、他的女兒抹大拉(Magdelene van Ruijven,1655–1681),不過最後肯定曾落入皮亚特·凡·瑞文的女婿雅各布‧迪修斯之手[6][7]。雅各布‧迪修斯在1696年將其連同其他的弗美爾的作品一起賣給了別的藝術家。當時的記錄顯示,這幅畫價格達175荷蘭盾,僅次於一起賣出去的《台夫特風景》。[2][3]
1765年,此畫被荷蘭銀行家倫德特(Leendert Pieter de Neufville)拍賣[8],在至少經過五位阿姆斯特丹收藏家之手後,成爲盧克里提亞(Lucretia Johanna van Winter,1785–1845)的藏品。1822年盧克里提亞嫁入希克斯家族(Six),1908年她的兩個兒子將這幅畫連同希克斯家的其他38幅藏品一起賣給了阿姆斯特丹国家博物馆,因交易金額巨大,倫布朗協會和荷蘭政府專門為博物館撥款贊助[2]。
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