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Allaert van Everdingen was one of the several Dutch artists who went to Sweden and worked for the Swedish royalty or for the nobility and the rich burghers. He made several drawings during his stay in Scandinavia inspired by the Nordic wilderness with its impressive waterfalls, high rocks and wind-battered spruces. Back in Holland these drawings were a record of the various places he had visited. He specialized in depicting the wild and exotic Nordic nature in a romantic manner that anticipated nineteenth-century Romantics.
Everdingen's Nordic landscapes were extremely popular in Holland and influenced contemporary artists such as Jacob van Ruisdael, Jan van Kessel and Klaes Molenaer.
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