48+ The Night Watch Rembrandt Restoration Pics. Rembrandt painted the night watch in 1642 and is known as one of his most famous paintings. The work last underwent major restoration in 1975 after a man slashed it with a.

Adobe stock photos used by a digital artist recreate the missing rembrandt painting, 'the storm on the sea of galilee'. Painted over several years, the night watch was commissioned as a group portrait of an amsterdam city militia and broke new ground by showing its the restoration project comes in a year that marks the 350th anniversary of the artist's death in 1669 and is part of a year of rembrandt at the museum. Photo of the night watch at rijksmuseum.

The night watch, its common name, is considered to be rembrandt's most ambitious painting and took three years to complete.

Painted over several years, the night watch was commissioned as a group portrait of an amsterdam city militia and broke new ground by showing its the restoration project comes in a year that marks the 350th anniversary of the artist's death in 1669 and is part of a year of rembrandt at the museum. See it live online or in person. The restoration means that a thorough examination of the painting's condition can be made. It's long been assumed that the guild members who were supposed to pay for these portraits didn't feel they were given enough.