Landscape with a Stone Bridge

Artist
Rembrandt van Rijn
Year
c. 1638
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
29.5 × 42.5 cm
Public Domain Rijksmuseum

Rembrandt’s small landscape paintings, though few in number, are among the most inventive works of the Dutch Golden Age. This nocturnal scene, painted around 1638, demonstrates Rembrandt’s characteristic mastery of dramatic lighting and his ability to transform an ordinary Dutch landscape into a scene of extraordinary emotional power.