Extracted from: Neil MacLaren; revised and expanded by Christopher Brown, The Dutch School 1600–1900 (London: National Gallery Publications Limited, 1991).
The landscape on the left is in the manner of Jan Wijnants. No. 1383 is painted in the meticulous technique of Vermeer’s late years. It has been dated by both MacLaren and Blankert 6 to c. 1670.