Five years after the start of an intensive examination of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch ... “The entire life of the 400-year-old painting is becoming visible again,” Casper van der Kruit ...

While museums traditionally aspire to bring us closer to the past, the scene at the ... it was nicknamed “The Night Watch,” in response to its dark colors. The painting is in fact set during ...

The painting’s original name is Militia Company ... giving the false impression it depicts a night scene. The Night Watch has been attacked with a knife - in 1911 and again in 1975, when the ...