Verrijk made two comparable views (A.G. Schulte, Dirk Verrijk 1734-1786, Schetsen en Tekeningen, Alphen aan den Rijn, 1981, nos. 15-6, illustrated pp. 77-8), which, as with the present lot, are based on his sketchbook studies drawn during his trip from Holland to the North of France (Schulte, op.cit., no. 14)