Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem (Haarlem 1621/22-1683 Amsterdam)

The attribution has been confirmed by Marijke de Kinkelder, formerly of the RKD, The Hague, who dates the picture to c. 1680. She pointed out that the right half of a painting sold at Sotheby's, New York, 9 October 1980, lot 87, is a pastiche after the present composition.