It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the Städel.

This painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1911, who wrote; "992.

In the centre a road leads to the distance; away to the right is a cottage.

Lippmann von Lissingen of Vienna, Paris, March 16, 1876, No.

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