尼德蘭畫家所羅門‧范‧魯易斯達爾（Salomon van Ruysdael, 1600/03- 1670）年輕時已在1628年的哈倫城史中名列著名鄉村風景畫家，但真正讓他留名青史的則是他那氣氛十足的河岸風景。本畫便屬此題材的成熟代表之作。

畫家將地平線壓低至畫面四分之一處，對應著四分之三的天空，架構出廣闊的視野。河岸以對角線走勢自前景左方向右蜿蜒退至遠方，最後消失在畫面右緣水天連結處，同時河上依序遞減尺寸的優雅帆船也帶出景深發展。河岸、渡船與遠方低空雲層的水平線條與畫面左半部的樹林、船上人物、船帆與其倒影等縱向線條形構出平穩的框架。清楚的倒影則暗示著水流的平靜，恬然的氣氛油然而生；而左岸向右伸展至河面上的扭曲爪狀細枝葉叢與大片從右向左斜向捲來的雲層形成交錯走勢，為畫面帶來動感。沿岸分佈的傾斜茅舍、駕車騎馬離岸的人們、右後方的尼恩若德城堡（Nijenrode Castle）及遠處教堂等人跡所在，呼應河上生機勃勃的景象：渡船上或站或坐輕鬆交談的男女乘客、牛群與騎馬旅人，河上點點帆船與渡船、穿梭其中的鴨隻、與滑翔水面的飛鳥。前景河岸與渡船以溫暖的褐綠色調為主，河面、帆船與天色則以灰藍、粉褐、灰綠、灰白為主，而水中天色倒影的設計則有統一色調的效果，惟城堡上方的一抹清亮鵝黃與船上人物的亮紅衣衫有著畫龍點睛之妙，使溫和寧靜的水天交融中不失生氣盎然，平緩淡然中不失精緻。(于禮本)

Netherlandish artist Salomon van Ruysdael (1600/03–1670) was already recognized as a country landscape artist in his youth. But the works which made his name are his atmospheric riverside landscapes. This painting belongs in that category.

The artist situates the flat horizon in the bottom quarter of the painting, the other three quarters of the scene is made up of the sky to broaden the perspective. The riverbank meanders diagonally across from the left of the foreground to the right, gradually disappearing into the skyline at the right of the scene. At the same time, the gradually disappearing yacht also adds depth to the image. The horizontal lines of the riverbank, the ferry, the low skyline and the layers of clouds together with the vertical lines of the woods at the left of the scene, the figures on the boat, the boat itself and its reflection in the water form a stable structure in the image. The clear reflection hints at the calmness of the current, enhancing a relax atmosphere. The twisted claw-like branches and leaves extending across the surface of the river from the left bank to the right adds dynamism to the scene along with the layers of clouds coming from the right to the left. The scattered huts on the banks, people riding away from the river in their carriage, Nijenrode Castle to the right of the background, and the signs of people by a church in the distance all add a sense of vibrancy to the scene. On the ferry are both male and female passengers standing about or sitting and chatting with each other. There are also herds of cattle and travelers and river craft with ducks and gliding water birds.

The riverbank in the foreground and the ferry are depicted in a warm brown-green tone, while the surface of the water, the yachts and the sky are in a mixture of gray-blue, powder brown, gray-green, and gray-white. The reflection of the sky in the water serves to unify and integrate the colors. The only bright tones of color are the streak of powder yellow on the castle and the red outfits of the people on the ferry, adding a hint of vitality to an otherwise tranquil scene.(Li Pen YU)