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The Night Watch is one of the most famous Dutch Golden Age paintings. Rembrandt's large painting (363 by 437 centimetres (12 by 141⁄2 feet)) is famed for transforming a group portrait of a civic guard company into a compelling drama energized by light and shadow (tenebrism). The title is a misnomer; the painting does not depict a nocturnal scene.
Commissioned in 1640 and painted in 1642, at the height of Rembrandt’s career, 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 attacks on Amsterdam.
The Night Watch is one of the most famous Dutch Golden Age paintings. Made for Amsterdam's Arquebusiers Guild Hall, Rembrandt van Rijn's 1642 oil painting is one of the earliest to portray a group ...
Rembrandt's largest and most famous painting was made for one of the three headquarters of Amsterdam's civic guard. These groups of civilian soldiers defended the city from attack. Rembrandt was the first to paint all of the figures in a civic guard piece in action.
Rembrandt’s The Night Watch is an example of a very specific type of painting that was exclusive to the Northern Netherlands, with the majority being commissioned in the city of Amsterdam. It is a group portrait of a company of civic guardsmen.
Rembrandt: Night Watch Militia Company of District II Under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, better known as the Night Watch, oil on canvas by Rembrandt, 1642; in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Marked by Rembrandt's signature chiaroscuro and dramatic tenebrism, the work is among the most famous examples of 17th century Dutch painting. It hung in the Kloveniersdoelen in Amsterdam until 1715 when it was moved to the Town Hall; in 1808 it was transferred to the Rijksmuseum.
The Night Watch is one of the most famous Dutch Golden Age paintings. The painting is famous for three things: its colossal size (363 cm × 437 cm (11.91 ft × 14.34 ft)), the dramatic use of light and shadow (tenebrism) and the perception of motion in what would have traditionally been a static military group portrait.
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 portrait in action, showing the...
Rembrandt’s Night Watch is the most famous and most important painting in the Netherlands. Learn more about this masterpiece and discover some things you may not have known.