The painting (c. 1650) is known as the Rokeby Venus because it was at Rokeby Hall in Yorkshire before its acquisition by the National Gallery in London in 1906. It is the only known example of a female nude by Velázquez (1599-1660). In 1914 a militant suffragette, who believed the painting exploited women, smashed the glass and slashed Venus' rear seven times before a police officer pulled her away. The painting was repaired but faint lines of the cuts can still be seen.