This picture, painted still entirely in the spirit of
the Flemish tradition, belongs to the artist's early
period, i.e. before his work for Louis XIV. It may
be dated to the early 1660s.
Provenance: 1915 The Z. Yevreinova Collection, Petro-grad; since 1936 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow (purchased from Bavstrup) Exhibition: 1914 Petrograd, Cat. 107a Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1948, p. 51; Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 90; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, P. 123