The woman lifting two baskets is taken from Autumn and the sheep shearer from Summer in the series of Seasons by Jacopo and Francesco Bassano, of which there is a set of copies at Dulwich (see After Bassano DPG386, DPG422).
Provenance: ?Bought from the painter by William Cartwright; London, William Cartwright (inventory no. 83: 'A large Seascrift- Ruff watter- Castro'); Cartwright Bequest, 1686.