Finished in 1642, at the pinnacle of the Dutch Golden Age, The Night Watch is a standout amongst the most renowned canvases by Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn. It portrays a city monitor moving out, driven by Captain Frans Banning Cocq and his lieutenant, Willem van Ruytenburch. For quite a bit of its reality, the work of art was covered with a dim varnish which gave the off base impression that it portrayed a night scene, prompting the name Night Watch. This varnish was evacuated just during the 1940s. The work of art is in plain view in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
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