 The buyer remained anonymous, but rumours were that the painting was coveted by an American buyer.It was announced less than a week later that Champagne maker Jeanne-Alexandrine Louise Pommery had acquired the piece, which silenced gossip on her supposed financial issues after leaving her grapes on the vines weeks longer than her competitors.At Madame Pommery's death in 1891, and following the conditions of her will, the painting was donated to the Louvre.