River Landscape with Crayfish Catchers

A landscape with an imposing oak tree. Man is insignificant within all-powerful nature. The landscape is strikingly Romantic. Not topographically recognisable, but rather an image from a dream. Or as Koekkoek put it: ‘a charming lie’. His landscapes are amalgamations of the most beautiful parts of nature, laid down on the canvas ‘with judgement and taste’.