The Night Watch—Rembrandt’s most famous painting, according to the museum—is 12 feet tall and more than 14 feet long. It ...

Most of the giant painting is visible here. | Print Collector/GettyImages. In addition to being Rembrandt’s most famous painting, at nearly 12 feet tall by 14 feet wide, The Night Watch was also ...

A scholarly yet broadly accessible illustrated lecture by British auteur Peter Greenaway, "Rembrandt's J'Accuse" is an enthralling docudrama that examines the Dutch master's most famous painting ...

When conservators used X-rays to analyze Rembrandt’s 17th-century masterpiece “The Night Watch,” they discovered something unexpected under its surface: lead.

Rembrandt's most famous work contains a rare chemical that helped the masterpiece dry quickly, scientists have revealed. The metallic molecule, lead formate, was identified in The Night Watch ...

When conservators used X-rays to analyze Rembrandt’s 17th-century masterpiece “The Night Watch,” they discovered something unexpected under its surface: lead.

Although he’s most famous for his 1642 painting The Night Watch, Rembrandt created hundreds of paintings, drawings, and etchings in his life.Working during the 17th century Dutch Golden Age, he ...

To figure out Rembrandt's painting secret, ... DiPaola used computer-rendering programs to recreate four of the artist's most famous portraits from photographs of himself and other models.

Concave mirrors also appear to have been available. During Rembrandt’s time, though, flat forms evolved, and the master may have been able to afford more and better mirrors as his career flourished.

The Night Watch—Rembrandt’s most famous painting, according to the museum—is 12 feet tall and more than 14 feet long. It depicts a group of civic guardsmen , Amsterdam’s 17th-century local ...

(CNN) — In Rembrandt’s enormous 17th-century masterpiece “The Night Watch,” a troupe of Dutch civilian soldiers gathers in a darkened room and prepares to march out to defend their city ...