Rembrandt Paints The Night Watch (1642 CE)

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Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, also known as The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch, but commonly referred to as The Night Watch (Dutch: De Nachtwacht), is a 1642 painting by Rembrandt van Rijn. It is in the collection of the Amsterdam Museum but is prominently displayed in the Rijksmuseum as the best-known painting in its collection. The Night Watch is one of the most famous Dutch Golden Age paintings.

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La ronda de noche, por Rembrandt van RijnRembrandtPublic domainWikimedia Commons

night watch from "[The Dawn of the XIXth Century in England. A social sketch of the times ... With ... illustrations, etc.]".The British LibraryPublic domain Europeana

Mount Vesuvius erupting violently at night over the bay of Naples, with two spectators and a guard on watch from the castle in the foreground. Gouache painting.Wellcome CollectionCC BY 4.0 Europeana

Rizpah keeps watch in the tranquil night over the decaying bodies of her sons. Mezzotint by R. Dunkarton and J.M.W. Turner, 1812, after the latter.Wellcome CollectionCC BY 4.0 Europeana

People

Rembrandt · 1606 CE – 1669 CE
Frans Banninck Cocq · 1605 CE – 1655 CE
Willem van Ruytenburch · 1600 CE – 1652 CE

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