This mountainous landscape bathed in warm sunlight is close in style to the Italianate landscapes of Jan Both (about 1615
- 1652). The composition is based on drawings made by Berchem during his stay in Italy, which probably took place in the early 1650s. Berchem, a native of Haarlem, was the son of the still life painter Pieter Claesz., by whom there is also a painting in the National Gallery, ' Still Life with Drinking Vessels'.