- In October 1968, Aristotle Onassis attempted to purchase the painting as a wedding present for his fiancée, Jacqueline Kennedy.
- The French once loaned this priceless treasure to the United States for display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
- Pablo Picasso was arrested in connection with stealing it in 1911.
- Hedda Hopper portrayed the woman on whom the portrait was based in a 1926 Hollywood film.