Where will you find this famous painting?

The Night Watch, a famous Rembrandt's painting, is in the picture. Now the masterpiece is displayed in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

It is titled 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 commonly referred to as The Night Watch (Dutch: De Nachtwacht). It is a 1642 painting by Rembrandt van Rijn. It is in the collection of the Amsterdam Museum but is prominently displayed in the Rijksmuseum as the best known painting in its collection. The Night Watch is one of the most famous Dutch Golden Age paintings and is window 16 in the Canon of Amsterdam.

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23 Comments

Bill Coe

Good question, John. Sure to foil all the people who rely on Google when they can't identify the painting to find out where it is.

Helga U. Williams

I knew it was a Rembrandt, so I figured it would be in the Netherlands. 😊

dmarkc

The Night Watch is a national treasure.

Howard Groopman

Yeah it looked like it was by one the Dutch Masters. I probably saw it when I went to that museum in 1971.

Marianne

I spent so much time contemplating this painting in Amsterdam that I missed out on the shopping. It was a most fair exchange.

Laura Lunardini Wilson

Have been there & saw it in Amsterdam!

Edie Koller

I could tell by the hats they were wearing as I love Dutch painters and I have been to that museum twice.

Stephen W. Gerrard

Patricia Cairns, same here! But, I was more 8ntrigued by the artwork by Hieronymus Bosch!

Patricia Cairns

I saw it on a visit to Amsterdam many years ago. It really is a beautiful painting.

Joris van Pelt

The Night Watch, the most famous Rembrandt's painting. This masterpiece found his home in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Lee Oliver

It looks like a Rembrandt so I went Dutch.

illonabird

Richard D. Boyle, Mine, preferably.

michael d engels

"Live" is truly the best way to see this masterpiece...

teresab

The explanation fails to mention about one of the key features of the painting which is the clever play of light and dark particularly on the faces of the militiamen.