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The Night Watch

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Large-scale civic guard group portrait by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642, oil on canvas, held at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. One of the most famous Dutch Golden Age paintings.

Scholarly Significance

Anchor the Dutch Golden Age cluster with the most celebrated work of Rembrandt van Rijn.

Notes

·Originally titled 'Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq'.
·Commissioned by the Kloveniersdoelen (civic guard company) in 1640, delivered 1642.
·One of the largest paintings in the Rijksmuseum collection and among the most-visited artworks in the world.
·Notable for its dramatic use of light and shadow (chiaroscuro) and its lively, non-static group portrait composition.