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 ...

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(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.

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.

Rembrandt van Rijn, "Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq" or "The Night Watch" (1642), oil on canvas, 12 x 14 1/2 feet (~363 x ~437 cm) (public domain ...

Credit: Rijksmuseum/Henk Wildschut/Cover Images Rembrandt’s The Night Watch, one of the world’s most famous paintings, is on the way to being seen in all its glory again after five years of ...

One of Rembrandt van Rijn's biggest paintings just got a bit bigger. A marriage of art and artificial intelligence has enabled Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum to recreate parts of the iconic "Night Watch" ...

After five years of exhaustive research, a team of eight restorers are starting a grand preservation project on Rembrandt’s 1642 masterpiece, ‘The Night Watch’ at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

Rembrandt's The Night Watch, one of the world's most famous paintings, is on the way to being seen in all its glory again after five years of painstaking restoration. This marks the beginning of ...