# The Night Watch

By [Rembrandt van Rijn](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/rembrandt-van-rijn.md>), 1642.

Rembrandt turns a civic guard portrait into a charged procession through dramatic light, overlapping gestures, and forward movement.

## Details

- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 379.5 × 453.5 cm
- Collection: [Rijksmuseum](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/rijksmuseum.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-C-5>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Baroque](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/baroque.md>), [Dutch Golden Age](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/dutch-golden-age.md>)

## Image

![A large civic guard company emerges from shadow as two central officers stride forward.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/rijksmuseum-night-watch/full.jpg?v=32e9303897c624a93c1bf0dacff0959cce42df82f65a5424d82a20d903adefa2>)

## Sources & credits

- Image via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam
- [Image source](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Nightwatch_by_Rembrandt_-_Rijksmuseum.jpg>)
- Artwork metadata based on Rijksmuseum collection records; image provenance is recorded per artwork.

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