Rembrandt's Night Watch

The Night Watch is one of the most famous Dutch Golden Age paintings. Rembrandt's large painting (363 by 437 centimetres (12 by 14+1⁄2 feet))

Rembrandt, The Night Watch - Smarthistory

Rembrandt van Rijn, The Night Watch (Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq), 1642, oil on canvas, 379.5 x 453.5 cm

The Night Watch Militia Company of District II under the Command of ...

The Night Watch Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642.

Rembrandt's Night Watch: Major restoration begins - BBC

The largest restoration of Rembrandt's masterpiece, The Night Watch, is under way at the Rijksmuseum, in Amsterdam. Following five years of ...

The Night Watch - Google Arts & Culture

The Night Watch (1642) by Rembrandt van Rijn is one of the most famous paintings in the world. Rembrandt was the first to depict the figures in a group ...

Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' is being restored, and the public are ...

After five years of exhaustive research, a team of eight restorers are starting a grand preservation project on Rembrandt's 1642 masterpiece ...

Operation Night Watch - Rijksmuseum

Operation Night Watch is the biggest and most wide-ranging ever study of Rembrandt's most famous painting. The project started in summer 2019 and is being ...

Rembrandt, The Night Watch (article) - Khan Academy

It is a group portrait of a company of civic guardsmen. The primary purpose of these guardsmen was to serve as defenders of their cities.

15 Things You Didn't Know About the Night Watch by Rembrandt

Read 15 things you didn't know about The Night Watch to learn why this very painting is so important and famous in Western art history.

The Night Watch (painting by Rembrandt) | Description & Facts

This colossal painting, at 12.4 × 14.9 feet (379.5 × 453.5 cm), is a commissioned group portrait of a militia company, the civic guard, charged with preventing ...

Unravelling the riddle of Rembrandt's The Night Watch | Christie's

The Night Watch is at once familiar and mysterious. Its misleading title, which is really a nickname invented long after Rembrandt's time, has perpetuated the ...

16 Things You Might Not Know About Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch'

Rembrandt's painting was set in daytime. The dark background mistaken for night's sky was actually a varnish turned dark with age and dirt.

Did The Night Watch cause Rembrandt's downfall? - Britannica

Painted in 1642, Rembrandt's The Night Watch is a commissioned group portrait of a militia company.

The Restoration of Rembrandt's 'Night Watch' Painting is Underway

The second phase of the Rijksmuseum's Operation Night Watch, the largest research and restoration project ever undertaken for Rembrandt's ...

Why was The Night Watch Controversial? - Context Travel

Rembrandt was commissioned by the Kloveniers to paint The Night Watch for 1,600 guilders, which is about 726 euros or 828 US dollars, which ...

Uncovering the Hidden Details of 'The Night Watch'

Widely regarded as one of the greatest paintings of the Dutch Baroque era, also known as the Golden Age of Dutch art, The Night Watch is perhaps the best known ...

Rembrandt's Revered 'Night Watch' Was Cut Up to Fit ... - Artnet News

With the power of AI, experts have now reconstructed the missing sections of the work, which included three figures on a bridge (two militiamen and a boy) on ...

Rembrandt, The Night Watch - YouTube

Rembrandt van Rijn, The Night Watch (Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq), 1642, oil on canvas, ...

A Hidden Sketch Is Discovered in Rembrandt's 'Night Watch'

Researchers have uncovered the traces of a preparatory sketch underneath The Night Watch (1642), the largest and most famous of Rembrandt van Rijn's paintings.

Chemists discover how Rembrandt made his gold paint - Art News

Chemists from Holland's University of Amsterdam (UvA) have finally worked out how Rembrandt managed to embellish his Night Watch (1642) painting with striking ...