The Night Watch

Details

Instance of

painting

Inception

1642

Location

Kloveniersdoelen, Royal Palace of Amsterdam, Royal Palace of Amsterdam, Trippenhuis, Nightwatch hall

Country

Netherlands

Owned by

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum

Creator

Rembrandt

Derivative works

The Duck Watch, The Company of Captain Banning Cocq, The Night Watch 3D

Movement

Dutch Golden Age painting

Genre

schutterstuk

Main subject

The civic militia lead by Frans Banninck Cocq

Depicts

Frans Banning Cocq, Willem van Ruytenburch, man, girl, Schutterij, arquebusier, arquebus, night, hat

Material

canvas, oil paint

catalog code

139, 52, 265, 2016, 926, 410, 32, 50, 239, 246, 71, 254

collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Museum

copyright status

public domain

country of origin

Netherlands

depicts Iconclass notation

45(+26), 45C1, 34B11, 48C7341, 31D11222, 45D12, 61B(+55), 23R14, 45B, 45B(+26):61B2(...)13, 45D312

described by source

Catalog of the paintings on show at the Rijksmuseum in 1956, 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die

different from

Watchman

exhibition history

Rembrandt. Schilderijen bijeengebracht ter gelegenheid van de inhuldiging van Hare Majesteit Koningin Wilhelmina, 8 September-31 October 1898

height

363 cm

inventory number

SK-C-5, SA 7392

location of creation

Amsterdam

official name

Schutters van wijk II onder leiding van kapitein Frans Banninck Cocq, bekend als de ‘Nachtwacht’

significant event

Operation Night Watch

title

Officieren en andere schutters van wijk II in Amsterdam, onder leiding van kapitein Frans Banninck Cocq en luitenant Willem van Ruytenburch, bekend als ‘De Nachtwacht’, Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, Known as the ‘Night Watch’, The Night Watch

width

437 cm

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