It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the Hermitage, in Saint Petersburg.

This painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1911, who wrote; "155.

A dark rocky landscape is intersected by a river, on which are a raft of timber and a small sailing boat.

Farther to the left in the distance is a lofty conical hill, the top of which is hidden in a cloud.

"[1] This scene is very similar to other paintings Ruisdael made in this period and these often served as inspiration for later painters of landscape.