The Dutch painting owes fashion to the waterfalls is largely due to Reisdal, who has never seen them vyave. Nevertheless, he portrayed them not only reliably, but in such a way that the viewer could not even have the idea that the artist never in his life faced these mountain streams.
In 1721, Arnold Haubraken spoke about the Ruysdal waterfalls as follows: “He wrote many scenes, both domestic and foreign, on which water falls from stone to stone, with a thunderous crash breaking into small splashes. He knew how to portray water with such art that she looked real on his canvases. “
Art critics believe that Reisdal began writing waterfalls in the late 1650s, the greatest number of similar scenes occur in the 1660s.