This scene belongs to the type of Italianate landscape which Asselijn cultivated in Holland based on drawings and sketches made from the life during his stay in Rome. Blankert (1965) dates the work to [+]
The present painting entered the Museum as an original work by Jan Both. This attribution is maintained in subsequent catalogues and accepted by all authors. This landscape is an exception among those [+]
In the 1701 inventory it is not listed among the group of landscapes with hermits or with bucolic scenes but many entries earlier, together with View of the Waterfall at Tivoli, with Fishermen (P2068) [+]