Frans Francken the Younger (1581 – 1642),

was a Flemish painter and the best-known member of the large Francken family of artists. Francken created altarpieces and painted furniture panels, but his reputation chiefly relies on his small and delicate cabinet pictures with historical, mythological, or allegorical themes. A large portion of the output of Frans Francken the Younger consisted of allegorical paintings. He was a frequent collaborator of leading Antwerp painters of his time. He was frequently invited to contribute figures in compositions by other artists, such as the landscape artists Tobias Verhaecht, Abraham Govaerts and Joos de Momper, the architectural painters Pieter Neeffs the Elder, Pieter Neeffs the Younger, Hendrik van Steenwijk I, Paul Vredeman de Vries and Bartholomeus van Bassen and flower painters such as Jan Brueghel the Elder and Andries Danielsz. The displayed painting is a crop from Cabinet of Art and Rarities, c. (1620-25).