Rijksmuseum: Rembrandt's "The Night Watch"

A full-featured exploration of Rembrandt's "The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch," better known as "The Night Watch." Learn who is in the painting, the symbols in it, what makes "The Night Watch" innovative, Rembrandt's technique for rendering texture, aspects of the composition, and similar information. The many angles from which the painting is viewed make this an excellent site for learning how to talk about art. To access the Dutch version of the site, click back to home.