Follower of Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Didot, by whom sold, Paris, Henry Lacoste, 6 April 1825; 
Captain Dunn, Manchester;
By whom sold, London, Christie's. 30 May 1916, lot 172;
Frits Lugt (1884-1970), Maartensdijk, Holland;
Frits Lugt's wife (according to Jaffé);
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 29 March 1968, lot 78 (as Sir Peter Paul Rubens), for £20,000 to Brod;
Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Lady'), London, Christie's, 29 June 1973, lot 85 (as Sir Peter Paul Rubens), for £22,000 to Symmons;
Jeremy Oates Esq., by whom offered, London, Sotheby's, 10 December 1975, lot 76 (as Sir Peter Paul Rubens).

Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, September-November 1926, Exposition du Paysage Flamand XVIe, XVIIe, XVIIIe siècle, no. 251 (lent by M. Frits Lugt; as by Rubens);
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Exhibition of Flemish and Belgian Art,  January - February 1927, no. 268 (lent by Frits Lugt; as by Rubens).

F. Lugt, "Notes sur Rubens", in Gazette des Beaux-Arts, series V, vol. xii, September-October 1925, pp. 23-5, reproduced opposite p. 18;
Memorial Catalogue of the Exhibition of Flemish and Belgian Art, Royal Academy, London 1927, p. 110, no. 268;
M. Jaffé, "Rubens as a collector", in Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, 1969, p. 657;
M. Jaffé, Rubens.  Catalogo completo, Milan 1990, p. 329, no. 1060, as by Rubens, whereabouts unknown.

This picture has long been considered to be a landscape by Peter Paul Rubens, including, most recently, by Michael Jaffé, and it has never been doubted in the Literature.  Professor Jaffé (see Literature) first dated it to the mid-1630s, and later placed it circa 1630-35, noting that it reflects Rubens' admiration for the small landscapes of Cornelis Brouwer.