Six's Bridge

1645

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

This print shows a landscape with a flat perspective, featuring a countryside scene with a low bridge. The horizon is low, emphasizing the blank sky above. In the distance, there are trees and some low buildings, including a church spire. On the right, a sailboat floats on a low body of water. In the center of the print, there is a detailed wooden bridge with two abstract people in hats standing by the railing, looking towards the boat on the right. The print has been done in thin black lines on off-white paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13 x 22.4 cm (5 1/8 x 8 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 13.9 x 23.6 cm (5 1/2 x 9 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7145

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 208, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Johann Karl Bronner (Lugt 307); Edward Smith, Jr. (Lugt 289); August Strater [1810-1897], Aix-la-Chapelle (Lugt 787); Carl Schlosser (Lugt 636); Kunst Institute Frankfurt; Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b); given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1930

  • Rembrandt Etchings: Lent by Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1930.

1931

  • Five Centuries of Print Making, The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1931, no. 39, repro.

1932

  • Etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Art Galleries, Washington, D.C., 1932.

1944

  • 17th-Century Landscape Prints, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1944-1945.

1946

  • Cayuga Museum of History and Art, Auburn, NY, 1946.

1947

  • Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Frans Hals and Rembrandt, Los Angeles County Museum, 1947, no. 9.

1952

  • Etchings and Other Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, VA, 1952-1953, no cat.

1961

  • Rembrandt's Etchings, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1961-1962.

1966

  • Rembrandt, Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., 1966-1967.

1971

  • The Influence of Rembrandt on Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Landscape Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1971, no cat.

1990

  • Rembrandt's Landscapes: Drawings and Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 76, repro.

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

2018

  • Water, Wind, and Waves: Marine Paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2018, unnumbered brochure.

Bibliography

1923

  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1990

  • Schneider, Cynthia P. Rembrandt's Landscapes: Prints and Drawings. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990: no. 76.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Rembrandt, Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1993-, no. 222, state iv/iv.

Wikidata ID

Q65024621

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