The painting is one of a handful of paintings that Hals made of families in the "picnic style" of open air settings, but this one seems to be executed entirely in the studio, complete with a Hals signature curtain.

The family has been identified by the Dutch art historian Frans Grijzenhout in 2022.

The name of Pieter de Molijn has been suggested by diverse art historians.

In his 1910 catalog of Frans Hals works Hofstede de Groot wrote:440.

In the background is a building overgrown with foliage; a drapery hangs down on the left; to the right is a view of a garden with a house.

This painting came into the collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum via the bequest of Mary M. Emery.