Gambar ini asalnya disimpan di gereja [[San Silvestro in Capite|San Silvestro in Capite]] di [[Roma]], yang melekat pada suatu konven [[Poor Clares]], sampai tahun 1870 dan sekarang disimpan di "Matilda chapel" di dalam istana [[Vatikan]]. Diletakkan dalam suatu kerangka Baroque oleh Sister Dionora Chiarucci, kepala konven itu, pada tahun 1623.<ref>{{Harvnb|Wilson|1991|p=193}}</ref> <!--The earliest evidence of its existence is 1517, when the nuns were forbidden to exhibit it to avoid competition with the Veronica. Like the Genoa image, it is painted on board and therefore is likely to be a copy. It was exhibited at Germany’s Expo 2000 in the pavilion of the Holy See.
