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Summary

Rembrandt: The Night Watch  wikidata:Q219831 reasonator:Q219831 q:it:Ronda di notte
Artist
Rembrandt  (1606–1669)  wikidata:Q5598 s:en:Author:Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn q:en:Rembrandt
 
Rembrandt
Alternative names
Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Description Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer
Date of birth/death 15 July 1606 Edit this at Wikidata 4 October 1669 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Leiden Edit this at Wikidata Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata
Work period between circa 1625 and circa 1669
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Leiden (1620-1624), Amsterdam (1624-1625), Leiden (1625-1633), Amsterdam (1631-1669)
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q5598
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Title
The Night Watch Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"The Night Watch Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The Night Watch Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Les,"La ronda de noche"
label QS:Lis,"Næturverðirnir"
label QS:Len-gb,"The Night Watch"
label QS:Lbg,"Нощна стража"
label QS:Ltr,"Gece Devriyesi"
label QS:Lzh-hk,"夜巡"
label QS:Lsv,"Nattvakten"
label QS:Luk,"Нічна варта"
label QS:Lzh-hant,"夜巡"
label QS:Lzh-cn,"夜巡"
label QS:Lko,"야경"
label QS:Leo,"La noktaj gardistoj"
label QS:Lmk,"Ноќна стража"
label QS:Lbs,"Noćna straža"
label QS:Lfr,"La Ronde de nuit"
label QS:Lcv,"Çĕрлехи хурал"
label QS:Lvi,"Gác đêm"
label QS:Laf,"Die Nagwag"
label QS:Lsr,"Ноћна стража"
label QS:Lpt-br,"A Ronda Noturna"
label QS:Lzh-sg,"夜巡"
label QS:Lnb,"«Nattevakten»"
label QS:Laz,"Gecə gözətçisi"
label QS:Lar,"دورية الليل"
label QS:Lyue,"夜巡"
label QS:Lhu,"Éjjeli őrjárat"
label QS:Leu,"Gaueko erronda"
label QS:Last,"La ronda de nueche"
label QS:Lca,"La ronda de nit"
label QS:Lcy,"Yr Wylfa Nos"
label QS:Lga,"An Tráth Faire na hOíche"
label QS:Lsr-ec,"Ноћна стража"
label QS:Lzh,"夜巡"
label QS:Lda,"Nattevagten"
label QS:Lja,"夜警"
label QS:Larz,"دوريه الليل"
label QS:Lhe,"משמר הלילה"
label QS:Lla,"Vigiliae nocturnae"
label QS:Lwuu,"夜巡"
label QS:Lfi,"Yövartio"
label QS:Lta,"இரவுக் காவல்"
label QS:Lit,"Ronda di notte"
label QS:Lsco,"The Nicht Watch"
label QS:Lbe-tarask,"Начная варта"
label QS:Lel,"Νυχτερινή περίπολος"
label QS:Ltt-cyrl,"Төнге күзәтү"
label QS:Let,"Öine vahtkond"
label QS:Lbe,"Начны дазор"
label QS:Lsk,"Nočná hliadka"
label QS:Lpt,"A Ronda Nocturna"
label QS:Lfa,"نگهبان شب"
label QS:Lid,"De Nachtwacht"
label QS:Lsh,"Noćna straža"
label QS:Llt,"Nakties sargyba"
label QS:Lsl,"Nočna straža"
label QS:Lhy,"Գիշերային պարեկ"
label QS:Lru,"Ночной дозор"
label QS:Lth,"การเฝ้ายามกลางคืน"
label QS:Lwar,"Magbarantay ha Gab-i"
label QS:Lpl,"Kompania Fransa Banninga Cocqa i Willema van Ruytenburcha"
label QS:Lde,"Die Nachtwache"
label QS:Lnl,"De Nachtwacht"
label QS:Lzh-tw,"夜巡"
label QS:Lno,"Nattevakten"
label QS:Ltt,"Төнге күзәтү"
label QS:Lio,"Nachtwacht"
label QS:Lgl,"A rolda nocturna"
label QS:Lhr,"Noćna straža"
label QS:Lzh-hans,"夜巡"
label QS:Lcs,"Noční hlídka"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre schutterstuk Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Nederlands: Frans Banning Cocq, heer van purmerlant en Ilpendam, Capiteijn Willem van Ruijtenburch van Vlaerdingen, heer van Vlaerdingen, Luijtenant, Jan Visscher Cornelisen Vaendrich, Rombout Kemp Sergeant, Reijnier Engelen Sergeant, Barent Harmansen, Jan Adriaensen Keyser, Elbert Willemsen, Musketier Jan Clasen Leydeckers (behind the Lieutenant in Yellow blowing into the powder pan of a musket which once belonged to Jan Snedeker), Jan Ockersen, Jan Pietersen bronchorst, Harman Iacobsen wormskerck, Jacob Dirksen de Roy (the Governor on far left of the cut off section of the painting), Jan vander heede, Walich Schellingwou, Jan brugman, Claes van Cruysbergen, Paulus Schoonhoven
Tiếng Việt: Gác đêm
Depicted people
Date 1642 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 363 cm (11.9 ft) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 437 cm (14.3 ft) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+363U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+437U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1820897
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Current location
Accession number
Place of creation Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata
Object history from 1642 until 1715
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1642-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1715-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: ‘Grote Sael’, Kloveniersdoelen, Nieuwe Doelenstraat, Amsterdam
from 1715 until 1808
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1715-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1808-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Stadhuis, Dam, Amsterdam

1808: lent to the Nationaal Museum, Dam, Amsterdam, by the city of Amsterdam

1817: transferred to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal 29, Amsterdam

1885: transferred to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Stadhouderskade 42, Amsterdam
Exhibition history Rembrandt. Schilderijen bijeengebracht ter gelegenheid van de inhuldiging van Hare Majesteit Koningin Wilhelmina, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 8 September 1898–November 1898, cat. no.  52.
Inscriptions

Signature and date bottom center:

Rembrandt f 1642

top center:

Frans Banning Cocq, heer van purmerlant en Ilpendam, Capiteijn Willem van Ruijtenburch van Vlaerdingen, heer van Vlaerdingen, Lu[ij]tenant, Jan Visscher Cornelisen Vaendrich, Rombout Kemp Sergeant, Reijnier Engelen Sergeant, Barent Harmansen, Jan Adriaensen Keyser, Elbert Willemsen, Jan Clasen Leydeckers, Jan Ockersen, Jan Pietersen bronchorst, Harman Iacobsen wormskerck, Jacob Dircksen de Roy, Jan vander heede, Walich Schellingwou, Jan brugman, Claes van Cruysbergen, Paulus Schoonhoven
References AnonymousUnknown author, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Officieren en andere schutters van wijk II in Amsterdam onder leiding van kapitein Frans Banninck Cocq (Cock) en luitenant Willem van Ruytenburgh, bekend als de ‘Nachtwacht’, 1642, height: 379.5 cm (12.4 ft); width: 453.5 cm (14.8 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,379.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,453.5U174728
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AnonymousUnknown author, RKDimages, Art-work number 3063, as Het korporaalschap van kapitein Frans Banninck Cocq (Cock) en luitenant Willem van Ruytenburgh, 1642, height: 359 cm (11.7 ft); width: 438 cm (14.3 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,359U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,438U174728
AnonymousUnknown author, Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20186110, as Die Kompagnie des Hauptmanns Frans Banning de Cocq (die Nachtwache), 1654/1662, height: 363 cm (11.9 ft); width: 437 cm (14.3 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,363U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,437U174728

AnonymousUnknown author, Web Gallery of Art, as The Nightwatch, 1642, height: 363 cm (11.9 ft); width: 437 cm (14.3 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,363U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,437U174728
.
Authority file
Source/Photographer http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5216
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