Landscape with a Stone Bridge (1638)

Landscape with a Stone Bridge (1638)

Rembrandt (1606-1669)

Landscape with a Stone Bridge
1638
Oil on panel, 29.5 x 42.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Rembrandt painted only a few landscapes, mostly imaginary vistas with mountains in the background. While he might very well have seen the different parts of this landscape – the bridge, for instance – in reality, he actually assembled them into a non-existent entity. The light is magical: a sunbeam breaks through the clouds, making the approaching thunderstorm seem twice as menacing. (RIJKS)