' The Night Watch ' is the most famous painting in the Rijkmuseum . It is a group portrait of of a division if the civic guard . The names of the eighteen militiamen portrayed in the painting are on a shield above the gate . A company comprised more members , but only those who payed were included in the group portrait . The drummer was hired and was therefore allowed to be in the painting for free . Rembrandt added the others to enliven the painting . Three people on the left of the picture disappeared in the eighteenth century when part of the canvas was cut off . We are now able only to match a few names to to the faces in the portrait .
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Saturday, 22 October 2011
'The Nightwatch ' Rembrandt van Rijn . Dutch ( 1606 - 1669 ) Oil on canvas circa 1642
' The Night Watch ' is the most famous painting in the Rijkmuseum . It is a group portrait of of a division if the civic guard . The names of the eighteen militiamen portrayed in the painting are on a shield above the gate . A company comprised more members , but only those who payed were included in the group portrait . The drummer was hired and was therefore allowed to be in the painting for free . Rembrandt added the others to enliven the painting . Three people on the left of the picture disappeared in the eighteenth century when part of the canvas was cut off . We are now able only to match a few names to to the faces in the portrait .
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