One of the central characters in Rembrandt’s large painting “The Night Watch” has detailed gold stitching on his outfit. The figure depicts lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch, and he is one ...

A massive painting measuring 12-by-14.5 feet, The Night Watch depicts a group portrait of a civic guard company, transformed into a dynamic drama by Rembrandt’s masterful shadow play.

Details of “The Night Watch” showing Amsterdam’s coat of arms. Photo: courtesy Rijksmuseum. When the painting was commissioned in late 1640, Dutch freedom from Spain was close at hand.

(a) Rembrandt's The Night Watch. (b) Detail of figure's embroidered gold buff coat. (c) X-ray diffraction image of coat detail showing arsenic. (d) Stereomicroscope image showing arsenic hot spot.

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is restoring “The Night Watch,” a large oil painting by the 17th-century master. Visitors have been given a rare view behind the scenes.

The second phase of the Rijksmuseum's Operation Night Watch, the largest research and restoration project ever undertaken for Rembrandt's 1642 masterpiece – The Night Watch – is in motion.

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The multi-million-euro overhaul of Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch', one of the world's most famous paintings, will be streamed online P Pulse News Agency International by AFP ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Rembrandt van Rijn’s iconic painting “The Night Watch” will be restretched to get rid of deformations in its top left corner, the Netherlands’ national museum announced ...

The second phase of the Rijksmuseum ’s Operation Night Watch, the largest research and restoration project ever undertaken for Rembrandt ’s 1642 masterpiece— The Night Watch —is in motion. On Tuesday, ...