Ertz dates this work to the 1590s on grounds of technique. I think it is later than his dating: it is certainly very different from the 1594 New Haven painting and closer to the 1604 version in Dresden -- the background is essentially identical. The use of the Temple of Sibylla Tiburtina in the background is typical for works from his early period, like the Rest on the Flight with Rottenhammer, but he also uses it in 1604 painting. The monsters are all different from either the Dresden or New Haven versions. There is a drawing related to this painting in Hamburg.

Description in 1801 Bosschaert catalogue: Une Grotte dans laquelle l’on voit St Antoine; derrière lui sont trois diables transformés en jolies filles et d’autres spectres, trop à en faire mention; plus loin on découvre des bâtimens en feu; le reste offer un Paysage d’une touché delicate et où l’en découvre un clair de lune, c’est sans exagérer le plus fini et le plus beau morceau qui peut paroître de Breugel”, on copper and 8 x 11 ½ [pouces d’Anvers] = 20.8 x 29.9 cm).