It was realized at a time when Rops was 45 years old and lived in Paris together with the sisters Léontine and Aurélie Duluc, who both were his mistresses and became mothers to his children.
Han skapade den i Paris när han var 45 år gammal och bodde tillsammans med systrarna Léontine och Aurélie Duluc, vilka bägge var hans älskarinnor och med vilka bägge han fick barn.