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The painting is based on another Jerichau-Baumann painting, Pottery Seller, from 1876, in which the woman is posed in a similar lounging position, but with a different background. This painting was sold at the 1883 auction of Jerichau-Baumann's estate to the writer Wilhelm Bergsøe. This painting was used as one of numerous illustrations in Georg Ebers' monumental 1879–1880 work Ägypten in Bild und Wort. In 1998, it was sold by Christie's in London for £60.000.
Georg Ebers