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    MUSEUMS & EVENTS

    Jun 11, 2020 3 minutes

    THE ‘NIGHT WATCH’ IN DETAIL

    The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has produced an in-depth online digital photograph of Rembrandt’s masterpiece, featuring Dutch musketeers

    Perhaps the most recognisable painting of the Dutch ‘Golden Age’ of art, De Nachtwacht (The Night Watch) was completed by Rembrandt van Rijn in 1642. It is best known for its colossal size, (363cm x 437cm), the dramatic use of light and shadow and the perception of motion in what would have traditionally been a static group portrait. It is also a fascinating insight into what would have otherwise been a forgotten military unit.

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