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Landscape with a Stone Bridge
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.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/25I6
- http://iconclass.org/46C232
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt and A. Bredius, Amsterdam
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/25I6
- http://iconclass.org/46C232
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt and A. Bredius, Amsterdam
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1638
- 1638
Place-Time
- second quarter 17th century
Provenance
- ... ; ? sale, Aubert fils, Paris (A.J. Paillet), 17 April 1806, no. 38 ('Un charmant Point de vue de Paysage offrant un Massif d'arbres dans le milieu où sont groupées quelques Chaumières ; tout le premier Plan est occupé par une Rivière et un Pont rustique. Ce Tableau, d'une admirable harmonie de couleurs, présente un des Ouvrages du meilleur goût d'étude de ce grand coloriste'.), fr. 250, to the dealer B. Montigneul;{Copy BNP; GPI, no. F-101.} ... ; sale, J.J.P.A. Lapeyrière (1779-1831, Paris), Paris (A.N. Pérignon), 14 April 1817 sqq., no. 46 ('Un charmant Paysage, d'une vérité, d'une force d'effet et de couleur réellement admirables. On y voit un canal qui part du premier plan, et se prolonge vers la gauche: il est traversée par un pont, et bordé à droite et à gauche par des prairies et quelques chaumières entourées d'arbres. On remarque quelques bateliers dans leurs barques, et un charriot sur un chemin à gauche. Le peintre a disposé son principal foyer de lumière sur une chaumière et un bouquet d'arbres placé au milieu, en plan reculé. Tout le reste du paysage est sacrifié dans une savante demi-teinte. Un ciel harmonieux et savamment dégradé, éclaire ce Tableau dont la rareté et la perfection font un objet très-marquant, malgré sa petite dimension. sur bois, Larg. 16 p., Haut. 11 p. [29.7 x 43.2 cm]'), fr. 1505, to C.W. Huybens for the dealer W. Buchanan;{Copy RKD. The catalogue text is on a label on the reverse of the painting.} by whom sold to Edward Gray (?-1838), Harringay House, Hornsey, Middlesex, by 1824;{Buchanan 1824, II, p. 298.} ... ; collection Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice (1780-1863), 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, Bowood House, Calne, Wiltshire, by 1850;{Waagen1854, III, p. 164, who saw it there in 1850: 'Rembrandt - 2. A flat country in rainy weather, with the rays of the evening sun falling upon a bridge, and illuminating two houses and trees'.} his son, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice (1816-66), 4th Marquess of Lansdowne, Bowood House, Calne, Wiltshire; his son, Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice (1845-1927), 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Bowood House, Calne, Wiltshire; by whom sold, 1883;{Dutuit 1885, p. 46.} ... ; sale, James Reiss (1812-99, Manchester and London), London (Christie's), 12 May 1900, no. 63, gns 2,200, to the museum with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt and Dr Abraham Bredius
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5219
- SK-A-1935
Extent
- height 29.5 cm
- width 42.5 cm
- depth 5.5 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1638
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:14:03.125Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:28.018Z