The Night Watch ☲ Rembrandt ☳ Canvas

The Night Watch (1642) by Rembrandt van Rijn, alternatively titled Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, is one of the most famous Dutch Golden Age paintings. It depicts a group of Kloveniers, a civic guard, preparing to defend Amsterdam from attack. A total of 34 characters appear in the painting, and Rembrandt's innovative approach to group portraiture would influence many future artists. The dramatic use of light and shadow was significant to Baroque art as well as reflective of emerging Dutch civic pride and the role of citizen militias in 17th-century Amsterdam. The Night Watch has weathered several attacks of its own: in 1715, it was cut down in order to fit a new room; during WWII it was rolled up and hidden; it has been knifed twice, in 1911 and 1975; and an escaped psychiatric patient sprayed it with acid in 1990. Yet it endures, thanks to the generations of guards (restorers and professional conservators) who have overseen its welfare.

The Night Watch ☲ Rembrandt ☳ Art PrintThe Night Watch ☲ Rembrandt ☳ Canvas
Giclée printed on archival canvas, hand-stretched over solid wood
Dimensions:
With or without a frame?:
$130.00
$130.00
(-30%)
⿴ About Stretched Canvas

Stretched canvas art is created from a giclée print on canvas (instead of paper), and like a traditional painting, the canvas is hand-stretched over a solid wood frame. It can be mounted in a float frame, or displayed on its own. The sides of the canvas are finished in a solid color that complements the artwork, creating a modern masterpiece ready to hang on your wall, without a frame.

⿻ Materials

Giclée printed with eco-solvent inks to resist fading for over 100 years

Canvases are archival-grade, acid-free, satin-finish polycotton fabric

Frames and stretcher bars are solid wood with black backboard and hanging wire installed

⿸ Dimensions

All sizes given are in inches (″)

Sizes offered are to scale with the original work of art

Every effort has been made to scale this artwork without distortion or cropping

Stretched canvases are assembled within a ¼″ tolerance, ex. an 8x12″ canvas's final dimensions will be ~8x12″, on 1.5″ deep stretcher bars

Framed canvases are ~2″ larger, ex. an 8x12″ canvas's final framed dimensions will be ~10x14″ overall

Float frames are ⅝″ wide viewed from the front, and 1⅞″ deep; with a visible gap ("float") between the frame and canvas of ~¼″

Rolled canvases have a 2″ white margin to allow for custom stretching and framing, ex. an 8x12″ print's final dimensions will be 12x16″

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