It was transferred from the Antikvariat All-Union Association and entered the Hermitage in 1931.

This version slightly differs from da Vinci's artwork, exhibited at the Louvre in Paris, and its good workmanship, legibility, and expressiveness have been pointed out.

The face of the model is younger than da Vinci's version, and the rear panorama presents two columns, which are absent in the original.

[2][3] Scientific analysis was carried out on the canvas and baryte, called barium sulphate in chemistry, was found.

It is a mineral used for the preparation of the support, especially in the years ranging from 1620 to 1680, but when this substance was used, Leonardo had been dead for more than a century.