The Night Watch
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The Night Watch is a famous 1642 group portrait by Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt, celebrated for its dramatic use of light, shadow, and dynamic composition depicting a city militia company.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Night Watch canonical | 17 |
| "The Night Watch" | 1 |
| "The Night Watch" by Rembrandt | 1 |
| The Night Watch (study and related works) | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
group portrait
ⓘ
oil painting ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq
ⓘ
surface form:
The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq
|
| artHistoricalPeriod | Baroque ⓘ |
| artist |
Rembrandt van Rijn
ⓘ
surface form:
Rembrandt
|
| artTechnique | chiaroscuro ⓘ |
| catalogueRaisonneNumber | Bredius 439 ⓘ |
| collection | Rijksmuseum ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Amsterdam civic guard ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | Kloveniersdoelen (musketeers’ hall) in Amsterdam ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1642 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| creator |
Rembrandt van Rijn
ⓘ
surface form:
Rembrandt
|
| culturalSignificance |
iconic masterpiece of Rembrandt
ⓘ
one of the most famous paintings of the Dutch Golden Age ⓘ |
| depictionTimeOfDay | daytime (despite traditional title suggesting night) ⓘ |
| depicts |
Captain Frans Banning Cocq
ⓘ
Captain Frans Banning Cocq ⓘ
surface form:
Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch
Heren (Gentlemen) of Amsterdam city government ⓘ
surface form:
civic guard company of Amsterdam
militia company ⓘ |
| exhibitionHistory | permanently displayed in the Rijksmuseum’s Gallery of Honour ⓘ |
| genre |
history painting
ⓘ
portrait painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
central figure of Captain Frans Banning Cocq dressed in black with a red sash
ⓘ
figure of Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch dressed in yellow ⓘ young girl with a chicken hanging from her belt ⓘ |
| height | approximately 363 cm ⓘ |
| inception | 1642 ⓘ |
| influenced | later group portraiture ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Dutch ⓘ |
| lightingStyle | tenebrism ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| locatedInTheCountry | Netherlands ⓘ |
| location | Rijksmuseum ⓘ |
| medium | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| movement | Dutch Golden Age painting ⓘ |
| museumAccession | Rijksmuseum collection ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic use of light and shadow
ⓘ
dynamic composition ⓘ |
| numberOfFiguresDepicted | over 30 ⓘ |
| orientation | landscape ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
damaged in vandalism incidents in the 20th century
ⓘ
subject of multiple restoration campaigns ⓘ trimmed on all sides in 1715 to fit a new location ⓘ |
| subjectHeading | city militia ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| title | The Night Watch self-link ⓘ |
| width | approximately 437 cm ⓘ |
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
"The Night Watch" by Rembrandt
subject surface form:
Govert Flinck
this entity surface form:
The Night Watch (study and related works)
subject surface form:
Musketeers’ Hall
this entity surface form:
"The Night Watch"
subject surface form:
Rembrandt