Captain Frans Banning Cocq (in black) and Lt Willem van Ruytenburch are the two central figures
[Night Watch by Rembrandt - Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam]

Copy of the Night Watch attributed to Gerrit Lundens
[Night Watch by Rembrandt - Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam]

Our museum guide explains the Night Watch
[Night Watch by Rembrandt - Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam]

Rembrandt experiments with light in this self-portrait
[Rembrandt Self-Portrait - Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam]

Rembrandt's masterpiece, the Night Watch
[Night Watch by Rembrandt - Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam]

Rembrandt's Night Watch in Delft tiles
[Rembrandt's Night Watch - Delft Tiles - Royal Delft]

Rembrandt's Night Watch in Delft tiles
[Rembrandt's Night Watch - Delft Tiles - Royal Delft]

Rembrandt's Night Watch is a portrait of a group of the city's militiamen
[Night Watch by Rembrandt - Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam]

Rembrandt's Portrait of a Woman - possibly Maria Trip
[Portrait of a Woman - Rembrandt - Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam]

Rembrant's 1642 signature on the Night Watch
[Night Watch by Rembrandt - Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam]

The Jewish Bride by Rembrandt (1667)
[The Jewish Bride - Rembrandt - Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam]

The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq in the Night Watch
[Night Watch by Rembrandt - Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam]

The Night Watch is renowned for its size, the use of light and shadow and the perception of motion
[Night Watch by Rembrandt - Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam]

The Sampling Officials check a length of Persian-style fabric against examples from a swatch book
[The Sampling Officials - Rembrandt - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam]

The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild are responsible for grading the cloth offered for sale to guild members
[Syndics of the Drapers' Guild - Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam]