[1] It was probably commissioned by Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, nephew of Pope Julius II, or by his son Guidobaldo.

A copy by the Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens is held at the Queensland Art Gallery, in Brisbane.

The woman's pose, holding the fur in her right hand, is based on the classical sculpture Venus Pudica.

Rather than a portrait of a seductive and sensual woman, the painting is a celebration of an ideal of female beauty inspired by the lyricism of the time based on Petrarch.

There is a close relationship with the latter two works, and scientific examination using X-rays has revealed that the painting was originally intended as a copy of La Bella, both in pose and costume, but was later altered to resemble the present-day nude.