The attribution has been suggested by Albert Blankert in a letter dated The Hague, September 12, 1988. He notes that the present painting is similar to De Bray's only currently known surviving work of this subject, 'View in a Temple', which was on the Berlin art market in 1933 (see J.W. von Moltke, op. cit., pp. 309-420, no. 116, pl. 389, fig. 60). Both paintings represent a large, well lit "classicist" temple seen at the top of a flight of steps, these being framed by massive pillars which are seen in shadow. The scale and figural types are also similar in both pictures.

The subject, also identified by Blankert, is taken from 1 Kings 10:1-13. The Queen of Sheba attending Solomon's "burnt offerings which he offered at the house of the Lord"