painting (oil): ["Trees by a Brook"] aka ["The Willow Tree, a Horseman and a Woman on a Road"]

A large (oak?) tree stands in the centre of the landscape, with a small plank fence built around it. There is another, thinner, (birch?) tree to the left, and in the foreground a small makeshift bridge over a stream perches precariously between the two banks. To the right of the picture, a man on a white horse leans down to talk to a woman. "Why did this picture ever become known as the 'Willow Tr…