Now playing Next Culture news Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' lies 'flat on its belly' for restoration Completed in 1642, the painting, which measures 3.8 x 4.5 metres and weighs 337 kilograms, is rich in details. It portrays the captain of an Amsterdam city militia ordering his men into action. 21/01/2022
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