1650s
Oil on canvas, 98 x 84 cm
Residenzgalerie, Salzburg
Waterfalls were a popular subject and frequently painted by the artist. In the 1650s, Ruisdael painted his first mountain landscapes with the same motif. He himself had never been to high-mountain regions or to Scandinavia. He is thought to have taken the motif over from Allaert van Everdingen, who travelled in Scandinavia in 1644.
