Sebastian Vrancx (1573-1647), 

was a Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman who is mainly known for his battle scenes, a genre that he pioneered in Netherlandish painting. He also created landscapes with mythological and allegorical scenes, scenes with robbers, village scenes and celebrations in cities.  He was a gifted figure painter who was regularly invited to paint the staffage in compositions of fellow painters. He was an apprentice in the workshop of Adam van Noort, who was also the master of other prominent Antwerp painters such as Peter Paul Rubens, Jacob Jordaens and Hendrick van Balen. The displayed painting is a crop from Raid on a Wagon, ca. (1612).