 A third figure—a woman standing in the stairs carrying a basket and turned to the spectator—is visible in 18th- and 19th-century engraved reproductions of the painting, but virtually invisible in the painting's present state.As it is, the overall painting is quite dark due to the aging of the varnish.The panel is signed "RHL-van Rijn 163_" at the bottom and left of the center, at a vertical from the figure of the old man.