These paintings are pendants. Since one of them includes a building with Doric capitals, while the other shows Corinthian capitals, they may be part of a series which also included depictions with Ionic and Composite columns. The scenes are set at the seaside, or in a harbour town on a river. They are enlivened by numerous figures engaged in various activities. The style is italianate and similar to the work of the late bamboccianti, who worked in Rome towards the middle of the 17th century and later. There are also reminiscences of minor Flemish painters who specialised in market scenes and the street life of simple people.

The isolated Kitchen Interior in the Museo Davia Bargellini in Bologna, Inv. No. 44, canvas, 153 x 154 cm, would appear to be a work of the same hand. The figures in particular have much in common with those on our paintings. The painting in Bologna is attributed to Joseph Heintz the Younger (E. Grandi ed., Museo Civico d’Arte industriale e Galleria Davia Bargellini di Bologna, Bologna 1987, Fig. p. 103, text M. Lucco).