The Little Bridge

The Little Bridge is an undated landscape painting by the Dutch painter Gillis Rombouts. It is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 423.[2]

The Little Bridge
ArtistGillis Rombouts
Completion dateundated
Mediumoil painting on panel (oak)
MovementDutch Golden Age painting
Landscape painting
SubjectA wooden bridge over a canal
Dimensions70 cm × 104 cm (28 in × 41 in)[1]
LocationMusée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg
Accession1899

Writing in 1894, the specialist Cornelis Hofstede de Groot described this painting as one of Rombout's masterpieces. At that time, it belonged to the collection of Martin Schubart in Dresden. In the year of Schubart's death, 1899, the collection was sold at an auction in Munich, where Georg Dehio bought the painting on behalf of the Strasbourg museum, for 2,900 Mark.[1]

The Little Bridge is signed but not dated. It depicts a little wooden bridge over a canal, in which some ducks are swimming. The largest house on the right has been identified as an inn.[2][1]

References
  1. Mandrella, David (February 2009). Collection du musée des Beaux-Arts – Peinture flamande et hollandaise XVème-XVIIIème siècle. Strasbourg: Musées de la ville de Strasbourg. p. 251. ISBN 978-2-35125-030-3.
  2. "Le petit pont". Base Joconde. Retrieved 14 September 2020.

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