This modern painting follows Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez's portrait of Leonor María de Gúzman now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin (inv. no. 413E). According to the museum's files, this copy was painted by 'H.T.W. Hieronymus'. The identity of the affluent sitter is still unclear; before the back of the Berlin canvas was obscured by a lining, an inscription reading 'Juana de Miranda' was visible, indentifying the sitter as Velázquez's wife. In the first half of the 20th century, the woman was thought to be Inés de Zúñiga, wife of Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, a favorite of King Philip IV. More recently, scholars have proposed Leonor María de Gúzman, Countess of Monterrey, as the true sitter, based on visual comparison to Giuliano Finelli's portrait sculpture on her tomb in Naples and assuming the embroidered stars on her clothing to relate to the family coat of arms.