Rembrandt night watch

Completed in 1642, Rembrandt van Rijn's The Night Watch is not only a highlight of a career that spanned over 600 paintings, but also acclaimed as arguably the greatest portrait of the Dutch Baroque era.

Rembrandt. The Night Watch (The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and of Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburgh). Detail. 1642. Oil on canvas. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

The Night Watch, detail 2, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), 1642, oil on canvas Canon 7D The company of the Amsterdam civic guardsmen is under the command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq, dressed in black, and his lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburgh, dressed in bright yellow.

Magical play of light and color on clothing and weaponry. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 – 1669) painter and etcher of the Dutch Golden Age. One of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most important in Dutch history. "The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch" known as the 'Night Watch' 1642 Oil on canvas (11ft 10in x 14ft 4in / 363 x 437 cm ) Rijksmuseum museum _________ Image compilation and slight restoration.by plumleaves

The girl in yellow dress is a kind of mascot for this militia group (or Arquebusiers*). Rembrandt has used her to display their traditional emblems in a natural way: the claws of a dead chicken on her belt represent the arquebus (hook gun); the pistol behind the chicken stands for 'clover'; and, she is holding the militia's goblet. The man in front of her is wearing a helmet with an oak leaf, a traditional motif of the Arquebusiers. The dead chicken is also meant to represent a defeated…

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The Rijksmuseum is the largest and the most attractive museum in the Netherlands, with more than one million visitors each year. Opened in spring of 2013 after a decade of renovation, the museum has a wonderful collection of the 17th C. Dutch Golden Age masterpieces.

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An extended restoration project has also revealed some significant damage to Rembrandt's famed "Night Watch."