It is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France.

[2] The painting was bought in 1892 by Wilhelm von Bode from the London art dealer Martin Colnaghi and entered the Strasbourg collection the following year.

Most of the surface of River Landscape is covered by a friendly sky.

The landscape below is bustling with life: fishermen, huntsmen, ducks, and drinking cattle.

Muiden Castle was a center of Dutch cultural life at this time (Muiderkring).