Jan van Kessel I (Antwerp 1626-1679)

Jan van Kessel depicted the present subject several times. Comparable compositions were sold at Bonhams, London, 4 June 1960, lot 120 and Christie's, London, 26 November 1976, lot 94.

Fred Meijer of the Rkd, The Hague, to whom we are grateful for inspecting the painting first hand, supports the attribution to Jan van Kessel I.