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THE COMPANY OF FRANS BANNING COCQ AND WILLEM VAN RUYTENBUCH, KNOWN AS “THE NIGHT WATCH” by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn |
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The Night Watch, (Patrouille de Nuit), 1642, one of Rembrandt's most famous paintings. It is a grouping of a division of the Dutch Civic Guard. Rembrandt depicted the group of militiamen in an original way. Historically they would have wanted to be in some line or order, or at some ceremony. Instead he captured them in an iota of time. Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn is certainly the most famous of Holland's seventeenth-century painters. Rembrandt was born on July 15, 1606 in Leiden, the fifth son, of nine children, of the miller Harmen Gerritsz van Rijn. After attending Latin School he registered in 1620 at Leiden University, however, he never graduated. Rembrandt studied under the Leiden painter Jacob van Swanenburch and under Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam. It was through Lastman that he discovered the powerful contrast of light and dark of Caravaggio and his followers. Back in Leiden he set up together with Jan Lievens as an independent artist, with his own studio and his first pupil: Gerard Dou (1613-1675). VALUE: In excess of £30 Million Dollars The Night Watch, (Patrouille de Nuit), 1642, one of Rembrandt's most famous paintings, has been parodied often; using its visualization and position of subjects, it has been recreated to represent other themes.
Notice that it is Rembrandt himself holding the spear.
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The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq, by Rembrandt Better known as the Night Watch held in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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