We are grateful to Dr. Dennis Weller for confirming the attribution to Jan Miense Molenaer on the basis of a transparency and for dating the painting to the early 1640s (written communication, 8 December 2004).
The present work is sold with a certificate from Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, dated 1908, and a photocertificate from Rudolf Valentiner, both stating that it is by Molenaer.