Although no first initial is included in the signature of the present figure, thereby raising the question as to whether it was executed by Odoardo or his son Cesare, on stylistic grounds there can be no doubt as to the authorship. The combination of realism with a strong element of neo-classicism is entirely alien to the oeuvre of Cesare, who was more strongly marked by the romantic sentiment of the later 19th century. By contrast, other works by Odoardo, such as his Susanna, now in the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Florence, show a similar approach to the treatment of feminine beauty, as well as a dependence on antique originals.