Rembrandt night watch

No other well-known work of art claiming to reflect the idea of freedom seems to withstand a real competition with The Night Watch.

Following from the previous post which discussed the (indirect) relationship between Rembrandt’s group portrait of the Company of District II commanded by Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, known a…

Shoes by Rembrandt on The Night Watch 1642

the rijksmuseum has published the largest and most detailed photograph of any artwork: rembrandt's night watch in 717 gigapixels.

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…

Resaerch for the art heist travel mystery, Duplicity, Book Seven in the On the Run International Mysteries, included visits to Amsterdam's musuems.

The Night Watch, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), 1642, oil on canvas, 363 x 437 cm Canon 7D. The painting depicts the company of musketeers, civic militia guardsmen of the city of Amsterdam. The company under the command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq, dressed in black, and his lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburgh, dressed in bright yellow, is pictured at the moment it prepares to move out. Men are wearing bits of armour and a variety of helms and weapons. On the right a musketeer beats his drum…

One of the oldest art forms, painting has been around ever since our ancient ancestors first started producing charcoal creations on cave walls. While countless generations of artists have left their mark over the millennia, only some artworks have succeeded in transcending time and culture to be re

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