It was produced in autumn 1874 on the return from his stay in the United Kingdom the previous July to October,[1] which had been paid for by his patron Jean-Baptiste Faure.

[2] The artist lived in Louveciennes from 1872 onwards and would move to Marly-le-Roi for good in winter 1874.

[3] It shows Noisy-le-Roi, a village between Versailles and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, to the southwest of Louveciennes and Marly-le-Roi, on the edge of the Marly forest.

[4] Next it was owned by A. Dachery of Paris and at a sale of his works at the Hôtel Drouot on 30 May 1899 it was bought for 8,500 francs by baron Henri de Rothschild.

[5] Since the 1990s, a life-size reproduction has been displayed at the entrance to the village near the site of the original's creation as part of the Pays des Impressionnistes trail.