History Art / TheNightWatch

One of the most famous paintings from the [[UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands Dutch]] Golden Age, it belongs to the collection of the Amsterdam Museum but is prominently displayed in the Rijksmuseum as the best known painting in its collection. In 2019, the Museum began its longest and most comprehensive study and restoration of the painting, with the hopes to complete it some time in 2024.

* BladeOnAStick: Some of the figures are depicted carrying pikes or pole-arms -- a reminder that these were still significant weapons with some prestige value in the period.
* BlingOfWar: The militiamen the painting depicts all wear beautiful uniforms.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The only reason the painting is named ''The Night Watch'' has to do with the fact that it was covered with a dark varnish that gave the impression that the scene took place at night, while it originally doesn't.

* CreatorCameo: Rembrandt did many self-portraits, but one of his best-known is a mostly-obscured figure in this painting, looking directly at the viewer. This was parodied in Paul Kidby's cover of the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' book ''Literature/{{Night Watch|Discworld}}'', where he put Josh Kirby, who did most of the cover art for the previous books, in Rembrandt's place.

''Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq'', also known as ''The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch'', but mostly known and most commonly referred to as ''The Night Watch'' (Dutch: ''De Nachtwacht''), is a 1642 oil painting by Creator/RembrandtVanRijn.

One of the most famous paintings from the [[UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands Dutch]] Golden Age, it belongs to the collection of the Amsterdam Museum but is prominently displayed in the Rijksmuseum as the best known painting in its collection. In 2019, the Museum began its longest and most comprehensive study and restoration of the painting, with an the hopes to complete it some time in 2024.

One of the most famous paintings from the [[UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands Dutch]] Golden Age, it belongs to the collection of the Amsterdam Museum but is prominently displayed in the Rijksmuseum as the best known painting in its collection.

One of the most famous paintings from the [[UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands Dutch]] Golden Age, it belongs to the collection of the Amsterdam Museum but is prominently displayed in the Rijksmuseum as the best known painting in its collection and the most famous Dutch Golden Age painting.

It belongs to the collection of the Amsterdam Museum but is prominently displayed in the Rijksmuseum as the best known painting in its collection and the most famous Dutch Golden Age painting.

''Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq'', also known as ''The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch'', but mostly known and most commonly referred to as ''The Night Watch'' (Dutch: ''De Nachtwacht''), is a 1642 painting by Creator/RembrandtVanRijn.

Not to be confused with the [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Night's]] [[Series/GameOfThrones Watch]] or the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Literature/NightWatchDiscworld'', which nonetheless [[ReferencedBy uses the painting as inspiration]] for its cover.

Not to be confused with the [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Night's]] [[Series/GameOfThrones Watch]] or the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/NightWatch'', which nonetheless [[ReferencedBy uses the painting as inspiration]] for its cover.

Not to be confused with the [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Night's]] [[Series/GameOfThrones Watch]] or the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/NightWatch'', which nonetheless uses the painting as inspiration for its cover.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The only reason the painting is named ''The Night Watch'' has to do with the fact that it was covered with a dark varnish that gave the impression that the scene took place at night.

* ReCut: The painting was originally larger, [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Nachtwacht-kopie-van-voor-1712.jpg/1280px-Nachtwacht-kopie-van-voor-1712.jpg as a 18th century copy shows]]. Upon its removal from the ''Kloveniersdoelen'' to the Amsterdam Town Hall, the painting was cut down on all four sides, presumably to fit it between two columns. It was sadly a common practice before the 19th century.

Not to be confused with the [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Night's]] [[Series/GameOfThrones Watch]] or the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/NightWatch'', which uses the painting as inspiration for its cover.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The only reason the painting is named ''The Night Watch'' has to do with the fact that it was covered with a dark varnish that gave the impression that the scene on the painting took place at night.

Not to be confused with the [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Night's]] [[Series/GameOfThrones Watch]] or, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Discworld/NightWatch Night Watch]], which does use it as inspiration for its cover.

Not to be confused with the [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Night's]] [[Series/GameOfThrones Watch]] or [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Discworld/NightWatch Night Watch]] which does use it as inspiration for it's cover.

* ReCut: The painting was originally larger, [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Nachtwacht-kopie-van-voor-1712.jpg/1280px-Nachtwacht-kopie-van-voor-1712.jpg as a 18th century copy shows]]. Upon its removal from the ''Kloveniersdoelen'' to the Amsterdam Town Hall, the painting was cut down on all four sides, presumably to fit the painting between two columns. It was sadly a common practice before the 19th century.

Not to be confused with the [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Night's]] [[Series/GameOfThrones Watch]].

* {{Chiaroscuro}}: Rembrandt made frequent use of scenes where people are shown in contrast between dark and light. Sometimes it only appeared to be this way. ''The Night Watch'' was nicknamed that way because of its dark varnish, which had people think it depicted a night scene.

* {{Chiaroscuro}}: Rembrandt made frequent use of scenes where people are shown in contrast between dark and light. Sometimes it only appeared to be this way. The ''Night Watch'' was nicknamed that way because of its dark varnish, which had people think it depicted a night scene.

* {{Chiaroscuro}}: Rembrandt made frequent use of scenes where people are shown in contrast between dark and light. Sometimes it only appeared to be this way. The ''Night Watch'' was nicknamed that way because after a few centuries it was covered in so much dust that people thought it depicted a night scene.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The only reason the painting is named ''The Night Watch'' has to do with the fact that after many centuries it was covered with so much dust that many thought the scene on the painting took place at night.

It belongs to the collection of the Amsterdam Museum but is prominently displayed in the Rijksmuseum as the best known painting in its collection and possibly the most famous Dutch Golden Age paintings.

It belongs to the collection of the Amsterdam Museum but is prominently displayed in the Rijksmuseum as the best known painting in its collection and possibly the most famous Dutch Golden Age paintings.