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 ...

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.

Chemists from Holland's University of Amsterdam (UvA) have finally worked out how Rembrandt managed to embellish his The Night Watch (1642) painting with striking golden detail. They used high ...

Watch a Rembrandt masterpiece brought back to life The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is restoring “The Night Watch,” a large oil painting by the 17th-century master. Visitors have been given a rare ...

Rembrandt van Rijn completed The Night Watch, a group portrait of Amsterdam's local militia, in 1642. Rijksmuseum The characteristic golden hue in Rembrandt’s The Night Watch stems from an ...

Rembrandt van Rijn was the foremost portrait artist of the Dutch Golden Age, with The Night Watch as his largest and most celebrated artwork. He set a trend in Dutch art by painting every ...

In 2019, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam started Operation Night Watch, a thorough investigation of Rembrandt’s famous painting, “The Night Watch”. For several months, researcher took X-rays of ...

How Rembrandt combined special pigments for golden details of The Night Watch Date: July 24, 2024 Source: Universiteit van Amsterdam Summary: Chemists have for the first time established how ...

Rembrandt lived at the home in the city center for nearly 20 years, arriving as a young and ambitious artist of just 33, having just been commissioned to paint what is now known as The Night Watch ...

(A) The Night Watch by Rembrandt van Rijn (1642, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 378.4 cm by 453.0 cm) with an indication of the general sample area (white circle).