Rembrandt’s “Night Watch” is alive and well in Amsterdam

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Linda W!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=a6W2ZMpsxhg%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded
Rembrandt, Officers and Men of the Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and Lieutenant Wilhelm van Ruytenburgh, known as the Night Watch, 1642, oil on canvas, 379.5 x 453.5 cm (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
Would it surprise you to find that the title that Rembrandt’s most famous painting is known by is actually incorrect?  The so-called Night Watch is not a night scene at all; it actually takes place during the day.  This title, which was not given by the artist, was first applied at the end of the eighteenth century.  By that time the painting had darkened considerably through the accumulation of many layers of dirt and varnish, giving the appearance that the event takes place at night.
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1 Response to Rembrandt’s “Night Watch” is alive and well in Amsterdam

  1. LD says:
    December 8, 2020 at 7:23 AM

    And “Night Watch” is possibly a ‘motion picture,’ not just a painting.

    See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E8f64yj1Jk

    A lot was put into this masterpiece.

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