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Landscape with a Thunderstorm Brewing
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
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.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineLandscape with a Thunderstorm Brewing. 1850. Willem Roelofs (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
