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The Little Bridge of Six
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
According to tradition, this landscape depicts a view from Jan Six’s country estate on the River Bullewijk near Ouderkerk. Rembrandt would have drawn it on the spot directly into the etching ground while he and Six were waiting for a servant to fetch a pot of mustard. The style suggests that Rembrandt, in any case, did work rapidly. Moreover, it tells us that he went about with prepared copperplates.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineHet bruggetje van Six. 1645. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
