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Originally, the painting included the figure of another man near to the entrance of the back room which has since been painted out. An 1827 sale mentions a man with a black cloak, likely the aforementioned painted-out figure. Additionally, analysis suggests the dog in the foreground was later repainted in a different fashion. Despite this, it is undoubted by collectors as a genuine De Hooch, ruling out the possibility of this painting's creation belonging to Abraham Janssens as may have been first believed.
Abraham Janssens