The identity of its original patron is unknown, although an inventory from the 1850s suggests that it was commissioned for Maddalena degli Oddi, a member of a prominent Perugian family, after she had taken holy orders.
Dets oprindelige ejer er ukendt, om end en optegnelse fra 1850erne kunne indikerer at det var blevet bestilt af Maddalena degli Oddi, et medlem af en fremtrædende perugiansk familie, efter at hun havde tage nonneløftet.