It is now in the collection of the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska, and was acquired in 1951 as the gift of Francis T. B. Martin.

The painting was brought to Omaha by George W. Lininger shortly after it was completed.

The attackers were offended by the painting's overtly sensual nudity.

[citation needed] A replica of the painting appeared in the ballroom scene at the Beaufort home in the 1993 film, The Age of Innocence (though the film takes place in the 1870s, years before the painting was created).

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