The Ray of Light, also known as Le Coup de Soleil, (c. 1665) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Jacob van Ruisdael.

On the left a horseman in a red cloak rides forward; a beggar asks him for alms.

In the centre the road crosses a stone bridge of four arches over a river to a ruined square tower with an archway.

The broad river flows to the right, where three persons bathe near rocks in mid stream.

A ray of sunlight, breaking through thick clouds, falls on a field in the left middle distance.