The project, aptly dubbed Operation Night Watch, began with a five-year phase of intensive research.
Now, the second phase is finally unfolding in the heart of theRijksmuseum.
Operation Night Watch is the biggest and most wide-ranging restoration project ever undertaken for the 1642 masterpiece.
“The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburgh,” known as the “The Night Watch” by Rembrandt, 1642. (Photo: Rijksmuseum viaWikimedia Commons, Public domain)
With preparatory research completed, the actual restoration ofThe Night Watchhas now commenced.
Operation Night Watch is unique in more ways other than in its sheer scale.
Instead of working in private, restorers are treating the painting in full view of the public.
Photo: Rijksmuseum/Henk Wildschut
To explore Operation Night Watch and its fascinating research findings, visit theRijksmuseum website.
Rembrandts 1642 masterpieceThe Night Watchis undergoing a major restoration at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Visitors to the Rijksmuseum can watch Operation Night Watch unfold inside a specially designed glass chamber.
Photo: Rijksmuseum/Henk Wildschut
Photo: Rijksmuseum/Henk Wildschut
Photo: Rijksmuseum/Henk Wildschut
