The present lot derives from Van Reymerswaele's original, on panel, 103.7 x 120 cm, in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich (see M.J. Friedländer, Early Netherlandish Painting, 1975, XII, no. 169, fig. 95). There are some notable differences: one bystander is omitted, another is introduced (bearded, in the upper right), in the objects on the shelves, and in the format

In an Italian 17th century style carved and gilded wooden frame

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