In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
The painting is characteristic of Jan Siberechts's Antwerp style, characterized by scenes with fords through which peasants wade with their cattle. The peasants wear simple but brightly colored attire and stand out against the cool green landscape. Flanked by overgrown foliage, the silver hues of the still stream shimmer with reflections. Over the course of his career, which included moving to London in 1672, Siberechts continued to use many of the same figures in his paintings, including Flemish peasant women carrying jugs, like the one seen in this painting. Likewise, his approaches to depicting animals, such as the cows seen here, changed very little over time and are ubiquitous throughout his oeuvre.
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Salomon van Ruysdael — Landscape with Travellers before an I
Pieter Gerardus van Os — Landscape with Herdsmen and Cattle
Jacob van Strij — Landscape with Peasants with their Cattle 
Jan Kobell (II) — Landscape with Cattle
Jacob Salomonsz. van Ruysdael — Landscape with herdsmen and 
Aelbert Cuyp — River Landscape with Cows
Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael — Bosgezicht
Adam Pijnacker — Landscape with cattle
Jacob van Strij — Milking Time
Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen — Gelder Landscape
Pieter Gerardus van Os — Hilly Landscape with Shepherd, Drov
Salomon van Ruysdael — A Country Road