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The Night Watch Rembrandt Van Rijn

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The Night Watch was painted by Rembrandt van Rijn in 1642. It’s a very large painting that displayed in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. It’s an oil on canvas painting, measuring nearly twelve by fourteen feet. The Night Watch was originally called The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenhurch. It’s a group portrait of a militia company. The title was misleading by majority of people, it is because the light and shadow on this painting seems the event was happened during night. Although this painting was known as many formal elements such as light and shadow, color, and space, composition plays the strongest role and is the most attracting part in this work. The Night Watch was commissioned by Captain Frans Banning

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