Public domain
A Cavalry Fight
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
At times, it is not at all obvious what Rembrandt is trying to tell us. For example, in the top print he depicts a horseman, without any indication of what exactly is going on. In the bottom print, a cavalry encounter, with much clashing of arms, seems to be taking place; however, that does not explain what is happening. Perhaps Rembrandt was interested chiefly in rendering chaos and movement.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineA Cavalry Fight. 1629. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
