A newly discovered painting seems to be the work of one of two 17th-century artists, either the northern German Johannes Drechen or the Frenchman Louis Birelle, who sometimes painted in the same style as Drechen  Analysis of the carved picture frame, which has been identified as the painting' s original 17th century frame, showed that it is made of wood found widely in northern Germany at the time, but rare in the part of France where Birelle lived
This shows that the painting is most likely the work of Drechen
The frame was made from wood local to the region where the picture was painted.