Rembrandt's Night Watch: Major restoration begins

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Rembrandt's Night Watch: Major restoration begins​

Rembrandt's Night Watch: Major restoration begins in Amsterdam

After several years of painstaking research, the masterpiece's most extensive restoration begins.

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Richard

 

[Sandy VDH]

This painting is huge, and it used to be even larger. When the guild relocated to another building they reduced the top and side to fit.

"Commissioned in 1640 and painted in 1642, at the height of Rembrandt’s career, this colossal painting, is 12.4 × 14.9 feet. The painting was originally even larger, but it was cut down in 1715 to fit through the doors in Amsterdam’s town hall, where it was once housed, and those missing pieces have never been found."

 

[Talent312]

Alas. it was covered when we went to see it.
Fortunately, there were many other great works in the museum.
And we saw Vermeer's Girl with the Pearl Earring at the Mauritshuis.
... a small compensation...