The work has a long auction history, each time with a different attribution, so this interesting work seems to be very hard to pin down. It was sold at Sotheby's in September 2006 as "Flemish School, early 17th century" for 4,080 Euro. One month later, it was for sale at Mercier in Lille as by Lambert Van Noort, which puts it in 16th century Flanders. I haven't been able to find the result of this sale though. Then in 2011, it was again for sale at Mercier, but this time as a Joachim Patenier. And now, it is for sale in Germany as a Workshop of Herri met de Bles, at an estimate which is the same as the sale price of 9 years ago... With all this history, I wouldn't pay more for it. The chance that it ever gets a definitive attribution seems very slim.
UPDATE: not sold, again for sale on 25 September 2015 at Hampel with the same description and an estimate of 2,500 to 3,500 Euro.
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