# Landscape with a Stone Bridge

- By: Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden, 1606–1669)
- Date: c. 1638
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 29.5 cm x width 42.5 cm x depth 5.5 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt and A. Bredius, Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-1935--d27d7ce1f58c87131f14425799c2d0a4)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/hodeb/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.