The Night Watch

Rembrandt van Rijn

1642 · Oil on canvas · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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$59Unframed print · made to order

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About this work

Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669)
Year: 1642
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 363 × 437 cm
Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (on loan from the City of Amsterdam)
Movement: Dutch Golden Age

Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, in black with a red sash, and his lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch, in yellow, lead their company of Amsterdam civic guardsmen out of an archway, surrounded by musketeers, a drummer, a dog and a small girl in gold with a chicken at her belt. Rembrandt painted the enormous canvas in 1642 for the guards' hall, and instead of the usual row of posed portraits he staged the group in motion, lit by a raking light. The title is an eighteenth-century nickname; darkened varnish made a daytime scene look nocturnal. The painting was trimmed on all sides in 1715 to fit a wall in the town hall. It has been the centrepiece of the Rijksmuseum since 1885 and is being restored in public view.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

Dark, raking light and a crowd in motion need a dark wall and distance: a dining room or hallway long enough to stand back from, at 24×36 in black. Brass and dark wood nearby pick up the yellow lieutenant and the girl in gold.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Dutch Golden Age painting
Era: 17th century (1642)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: classic
Rooms: dining room, hallway or entryway, living room, dorm room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is The Night Watch in the public domain?

Yes. Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Rijksmuseum.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Night Watch painted, and in what medium?

The Night Watch dates from 1642 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 363 × 437 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For The Night Watch we'd choose 24×36.

About this design

A blockbuster-style exhibition poster of Rembrandt's The Night Watch — the whole monumental militia shown uncropped on a deep gold-lit ground from the canvas, under gallery typography. The defining Dutch Golden Age masterwork, made to hang like a museum print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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Gallery-grade archival giclée. Rich pigment inks on heavyweight fine-art paper (or gallery-wrapped canvas) — built to last, not a poster-shop print.

Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free. Every piece is made to order; if it shows up damaged or flawed we remake it, no return needed.

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