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Object Type
print
Museum number
1878,0713.2262
Title
Object:
The Night Watch
Description
'The Night Watch' (or 'Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch') after Rembrandt: group portrait of a division of the civic guard, just about to move into action, about to march off. Wood-engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Jean Baptiste Charles Carbonneau
After:
Rembrandt
Intermediary draughtsman:
Louis Marvy
School/style
French
Dutch
Production date
1830-1850
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
wood-engraving
Dimensions
Height:
129 millimetres
(image)
Width:
157 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
After the 1642 group portrait by Rembrandt in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv.no.C5 (Bredius 410).
Bibliographic references
Beraldi 1885-92 / Les Graveurs du dix-neuvième siècle
(Not described)
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(Not described)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
soldier
Associated names
Portrait of:
Frans Banning Cocq
Portrait of:
Willem van Ruytenburgh
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Robert Jackson
Acquisition date
1878
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1878,0713.2262