A large rectangle built using an image brush
<Window xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" Title="SolidColorBrush Animation Example" Background="White"> <StackPanel> <Rectangle Height ="100" Width ="300"> <Rectangle.Fill> <ImageBrush> <ImageBrush.ImageSource> <BitmapImage UriSource ="c:\image.JPG"/> </ImageBrush.ImageSource> </ImageBrush> </Rectangle.Fill> </Rectangle> </StackPanel> </Window>