Sunset on the Rhine

Sunset on the Rhine is an 1853 oil on canvas landscape by Barend Cornelis Koekkoek. The work entered the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the museum's records list its dimensions (81.9 × 107.6 cm) and confirm its status as a landscape painting. No documentation of a specific commission or prior private ownership chain is provided in the cited sources, and no specific accession or inventory number is disclosed.

The referenced exhibition records do not list any prior displays of this painting, indicating that its exhibition history is not documented in the cited references.

Created in 1853, Sunset on the Rhine is a landscape painting by Barend Cornelis Koekkoek that exemplifies his mastery of the genre during the mid-nineteenth century. Executed in oil on canvas, the work depicts a river scene at evening, capturing the atmospheric qualities characteristic of Koekkoek's wider oeuvre. The painting is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it stands as an example of the Dutch landscape tradition. The piece measures approximately 81.9 cm in height and 107.6 cm in width.

Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, a leading Dutch landscape painter and lithographer of the 19th century, created Sunset on the Rhine in 1853. This oil painting captures a serene evening riverscape, depicting a quiet scene at dusk with figures and horses along a winding path. The artist, renowned for his detailed and atmospheric compositions, skillfully rendered the fading light over the water and surrounding landscape. The work is part of the collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.