The picture is considered unfinished, and it is supposed that she left it in its unfinished state to obey a summons by King Philip II of Spain, where she became court painter for 20 years.
Billedet betragtes som ufærdigt og det menes, at hun efterlod det i sin ufærdige tilstand, for at adlyde en stævning fra Filip 2. af Spanien, hvor hun var hofmaler i 20 år.