Around 1655, Meindert Hobbema became one of the few apprentices to enter the studio of the landscape artist Jacob van Ruisdael. Ruisdael had a profound effect on Hobbema’s work, with the two artists often portraying the same scenes. Hobbema specialised in producing heavily wooded landscapes, which were romantic in character like those of his master, although Hobbema did not imbue his works with the same degree of drama or eerie atmosphere as did Ruisdael.
Collection of Jonkheer (Lord/Sir) Alberda, Castle Dijksterhuis, Pieterburen, 1829 collection of Alberda van Menkema family, Castle Dijksterhuis, Pieterburen 1834 from whom purchased by van Arnhem and Goekinga, Groningen, 1834 collection of Colonel de Bire, Brussels (collection assembled by Heris) by 1841 de Bire/Heris sale, Bonnefons, Paris, 25 March 1841, no. 1 as L’arbre renversé (bought in) private collection, France sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25 May 1945 with Thomas Agnew & Sons (dealer), London, by 1949 from where acquired for the Felton Bequest, 1949.