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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is in possession of a similar painting. It is not clear who the creator of this painting is. In the past it was also attributed to Frans Hals, but it is now thought to be the work of one of his pupils.Another variant depicts Malle Babbe accompanied by a male drinker. There are two paintings of unknown authorship in which she is depicted with a male figure adapted from a work by Adriaen Brouwer. Both figures are depicted behind a table full of fish. There are also two portraits apparently depicting Babbe, but without the owl.Han van Meegeren created a version of the subject in the style of Vermeer which is now being exhibited in the Rijksmuseum.
New York City owl Han van Meegeren Adriaen Brouwer Vermeer Frans Hals Rijksmuseum Metropolitan Museum of Art