Circle of Jan Breughel the Younger

This composition probably derives from a lost prototype by Jan Brueghel the Elder, and the numerous copies and variations known attest to its popularity. While some versions are attributed to Jan van Kessel and Ferdinand van Kessel, the present iteration comes closest to those known by Jan Brueghel the Younger.¹

^1. See, for example, Jan Brueghel the Younger's oil on copper in the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum in Braunschweig, inv. no. 73. See also, K. Ertz, Jan Brueghel der Jüngere, Freren 1984, pp. 492-493, cat. no. 322, reproduced.