Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq

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group portrait painting

Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq is the original title of Rembrandt van Rijn’s famous 1642 group portrait commonly known as "The Night Watch," depicting an Amsterdam civic guard company preparing to march.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	group portrait → painting →
alsoKnownAs	The Night Watch →
appliedToMaterial	canvas →
artHistoricalSignificance	masterpiece of Dutch Golden Age painting →
catalogCode	Rijksmuseum object number SK-C-5 →
collection	Rijksmuseum collection →
colorPalette	predominantly dark tones with strong highlights →
commissionedBy	Amsterdam civic guard → Frans Banning Cocq and his company members →
countryOfOrigin	Dutch Republic →
creator	Rembrandt van Rijn →
depicts	Amsterdam civic guard company → Frans Banning Cocq → Kloveniers (arquebusiers) militia company → Willem van Ruytenburch →
depictsEvent	militia company preparing to march →
exhibitedAt	Gallery of Honour, Rijksmuseum →
genre	Baroque painting →
hasCivicRoleOfMainFigure	burgomaster of Amsterdam →
hasOriginalTitle	Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq →
hasPart	drummer → figure of a young girl in a golden dress → musketeers → pikemen → standard bearer →
hasPopularTitle	The Night Watch →
inception	1642 →
influenced	later group portrait compositions →
lightingStyle	chiaroscuro →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Amsterdam →
locatedInTheCountry	Netherlands →
location	Rijksmuseum →
mainFigure	Frans Banning Cocq →
materialUsed	oil paint →
movement	Dutch Golden Age painting →
notableFor	dramatic use of light and shadow → dynamic composition → large size →
originalFunction	group portrait of a civic guard company →
placeOfDepiction	Amsterdam →
secondMainFigure	Willem van Ruytenburch →
setInPeriod	17th century Amsterdam →
subjectHeading	civic guard → group portraiture → militia →
timePeriodOfCreation	Dutch Golden Age →
titleLanguage	Dutch →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Night Watch ("The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq") →	alternateName
Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq ("Kloveniers (arquebusiers) militia company") →	depicts
Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq →	hasOriginalTitle
The Night Watch →	originalTitle
Bredius 439 ("Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq") →	workAlternativeTitle