Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq

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Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq is the original title of Rembrandt van Rijn’s famous 1642 group portrait commonly known as "The Night Watch," depicting an Amsterdam civic guard company preparing to march.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf group portrait
painting
alsoKnownAs The Night Watch
appliedToMaterial canvas
artHistoricalSignificance masterpiece of Dutch Golden Age painting
catalogCode Rijksmuseum object number SK-C-5
linked to: Rijksmuseum
collection Rijksmuseum collection
linked to: Rijksmuseum
colorPalette predominantly dark tones with strong highlights
commissionedBy Amsterdam civic guard
Frans Banning Cocq and his company members
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic
creator Rembrandt van Rijn
depicts Amsterdam civic guard company
Frans Banning Cocq
Kloveniers (arquebusiers) militia company
Willem van Ruytenburch
depictsEvent militia company preparing to march
exhibitedAt Gallery of Honour, Rijksmuseum
linked to: Rijksmuseum
genre Baroque painting
hasCivicRoleOfMainFigure burgomaster of Amsterdam
hasOriginalTitle Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq
hasPart drummer
figure of a young girl in a golden dress
musketeers
pikemen
standard bearer
hasPopularTitle The Night Watch
inception 1642
influenced later group portrait compositions
lightingStyle chiaroscuro
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Amsterdam
locatedInTheCountry Netherlands
location Rijksmuseum
mainFigure Frans Banning Cocq
materialUsed oil paint
movement Dutch Golden Age painting
notableFor dramatic use of light and shadow
dynamic composition
large size
originalFunction group portrait of a civic guard company
placeOfDepiction Amsterdam
secondMainFigure Willem van Ruytenburch
setInPeriod 17th century Amsterdam
subjectHeading civic guard
group portraiture
militia
timePeriodOfCreation Dutch Golden Age
titleLanguage Dutch

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The Night Watch originalTitle Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq
The Night Watch alternateName The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq
linked to: Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq
Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq hasOriginalTitle Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq
Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq depicts Kloveniers (arquebusiers) militia company
linked to: Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq
Bredius 439 workAlternativeTitle Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq
linked to: Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq
Musketeers’ Hall usedBy kloveniers (musketeers) company
subject linked to: musketeers’ hall
linked to: Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq