British Museum website: "This study sheet is probably cut from a larger composition; for possible other fragments of the same sheet see also SL,5236.57a (Small Study of a Woman), SL,5236.57b (Small Study of Three Figures) and SL,5236.57c (Small Study of a Man to Right with a Fishing Rod).
Although attributed to Jan Brueghel by Hind, the somewhat uninspired and 'flat' style and the rigidness of the lines in this group of four drawings, point more towards the work of a copyist. Brueghel's figures are usually characterised by a more spontaneous application of the pen, with some of his figures defined by only a few strokes. Firmly attributed sheets with figure studies by Jan Brueghel can be found for example in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, inv.no.478 and in the Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth, inv.no.676."