According the Galerie: With owl on the helmet on the right as a signature . Little is known about Herri met de de Bles, who signed his paintings with an owl. It is believed that he spent his last years in Italy and is the same painter known as Il Civetta (the owl in Italian). Accordingly, the owl in our painting should be understood as a signature of de Bles.

The church with the same burning environment is also featured in a Temptation of St Anthony of Herri met de Bles at an Auction at Sotheby's in London 1985.