Arnout de Muyser was a painter active in the second half of the sixteenth century.

He is an elusive character, who left several notable paintings of market scenes, but little is known about the artist himself.

Licia Ragghianti Collobi notes the influences of Joachim Beuckelaer for still lifes, Hans Vredeman de Vries for architectural decoration and Maerten de Vos for figures in these two market scenes, which suggest he was trained in Antwerp around 1560-1570.

Elizabeth Honig has compared de Muyser's work with later paintings executed in Frankfurt and has concluded that de Muyser played a role in bringing paintings of market scenes to Germany.

The structure, design and the painting's themes suggest that there was some link between Antwerp and Frankfurt.