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told by Houbraken

An ancient temple provides the architectural backdrop against which the action is staged

Probably painted in the late 1650s or early 1660s

Halt of Travellers Size:large This picture has just returnedAn early work comparable with the Landscape with a Rider resting in the Museum der Bildenden Knste, Leipzig, of 1646. F. Duparc suggests a date of c. 1647 49, which seems likely given the signature style of 'PHILS. W' (PHILS in monogram), which came into use in 1646. The use of a diagonal skyline and the coarse figures is typical of Wouwerman's output during a period when he was heavily under the influence of Pieter van Laer.