Which Rembrandt painting shows a nocturnal landscape with a storm at sea?

Rembrandt’s The Storm on the Sea of Galilee shows a boat caught in a violent storm.

Painted in 1633, the work illustrates the New Testament story in which Jesus and his disciples cross the Sea of Galilee and encounter dangerous weather. The small vessel is tilted sharply, its passengers struggle with the rigging, and the composition creates a powerful sense of instability.

The scene is notable because it combines a biblical subject with a highly observed maritime environment. Rembrandt used strong contrasts of light and darkness to make the waves, boat, and figures appear dramatically immediate.

The painting was stolen from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990 and remains missing. It is therefore famous both as a major Rembrandt work and as one of the world’s best-known unresolved art thefts.