It is difficult to trace the Pesaro painting to a specific Baroque prototype despite it having evident similarities with two portraits of a young woman painted by Barocci himself. The painting would depict Maddalena Giron, Duchess of Ossuno and woman loved by Duke Francesco Maria II della Rovere during her stay at the Spanish court and before her marriage to Lucrezia d´Este. According to this hypothesis, the canvas could therefore have been commissioned by the duke himself during the Spanish years or immediately after his return to his homeland in 1568.