REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
(b. 1606, Leiden, d. 1669, Amsterdam)

River Valley with Ruins

1637-40
Oil on panel, 67 x 88 cm
Staatliche Museen, Kassel

Catalogue number: Bredius 454.

This painting was attributed to Rembrandt until 1989-90. Now it is thought that it was begun by Rembrandt in 1637-40 but the original version was overpainted in the 1650s by Ferdinand Bol. According to another explanation the underlying version was made by a pupil of Rembrandt about 1636-41 and parts of it are a reworking by Rembrandt.