# Landscape with a Thunderstorm Brewing

- By: Willem Roelofs (I) (Amsterdam, 1822–1897)
- Date: 1850
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 12 cm
- Credit line: Gift of S.H. Levie, Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-4868--525e62041874927f3ac3c5ed30ef0523)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/jUVqK/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)

This landscape is full of drama and contrasts. Such impressive views were very popular in the first half of the 19th century. Whether they presented a realistic scene was irrelevant; they were made to convey the grandeur and power of nature and to strike an emotional chord.