THE COMPANY OF CAPTAIN FRANS BANNING COCQ AND LIEUTENANT WILLEM VAN RUYTENBURCH - THE NIGHT WATCH

THE ORIGINAL, SIGNED AND DATED 1642, ON CANVAS, 363 X 437 CM, HAS BEEN IN THE RIJKSMUSEUM SINCE 1808 (ON LOAN FROM THE CITY OF AMSTERDAM). IT ORIGINALLY HUNG IN THE GREAT HALL OF THE KLOVENIERSDOELEN, AMSTERDAM, AND WAS LATER MOVED TO THE TOWN HALL. AT THAT TIME THE PAINTING WAS TRIMMED AT THE LEFT SIDE AND AT THE BOTTOM, IN ORDER TO FIT INTO THE WAR COUNCIL ROOM. THE PRESENT COPY WAS EXECUTED AFTER THE ORIGINAL HAD BEEN REDUCED (J. BRUYN ET.AL., A CORPUS OF REMBRANDT PAINTINGS, 1989, III, PP.430-485, NOA146/1, ILL.).