Rijksmuseum

Landscape with a Stone Bridge

Date

c. 1638

Medium

panel, oil paint (paint)

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Rembrandt painted only a few landscapes, mostly imaginary mountain scenes. Although The Stone Bridge is composed of elements studied from reality, it probably does not represent a specific place. The painting’s magical quality derives from its dramatic illumination: a beam of sunlight breaks through the clouds, making the approaching storm seem twice as menacing.

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