It is now part of the collection of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo, Norway, and was part of the Paus collection that was donated to the museum's predecessor, the National Gallery, by papal chamberlain, art collector and count Christopher Tostrup Paus.

[1] The bust was acquired by Christopher Tostrup Paus who amassed the largest private collection of ancient Roman art in the Nordic countries.

Paus spent several years in Rome where he was appointed a papal chamberlain and count.

Samson Eitrem wrote that "it excellently complements the other portraits of the Paus collection, busts which for the most part belong to the earliest imperial period.

Samson Eitrem published a catalogue of the Paus collection and other ancient sculptures with a detailed description of the bust in 1927.