Rijksmuseum

Landscape with a Cottage and a Large Tree

Date

1641

Medium

paper

Culture

Netherlands

Institution

Rijksmuseum

The style, subject, oblong format and paper agree so closely with the print displayed above that Rembrandt surely must have meant them as a pair. This type of cottage is called a ‘langhuisboerderij’ (‘longhouse-farmstead’) and has a roof covered with thatch and sod. Rembrandt depicts the dwelling in a dilapidated condition, but still inhabited; two children stand in the doorway.

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