Ruhl studied in Munich. There he got to know Carl Philipp Fohr, whom he met again in Italy and with whom he fell out to the point of a duel. After his return to Kassel, Ruhl became a professor and later director of the academy. This small work radically simplifies the forms. The foreground is skipped over with a diffuse application of colour, the eye is directed towards the blue hills, some of which stand out sharper, others softer against a distant mountain. Miniature trees emphasise the distance. One would like to know exactly when this view was created, which seems to be far ahead of its time.