The Night Watch Gallery was specially designed to showcase Rembrandt's famous civic guard portrait – a painting that has gone down in history as marking the turning point in his career and as the superlative example of his creative genius. The sculpture in this gallery, which includes several gilded female figures – known as ‘caryatids’ – surmounting the columns that support the vault, allude to Rembrandt's masterly depiction of light and dark. The frieze commemorates key moments in Rembrandt’s life.
-Night Watch Gallery
Present and Past
U.S. President Barack Obama and Rijksmuseum Director Wim Pijbes in front of the Night Watch, 2014
Night Watch Gallery, 2013
Night Watch Gallery, 2013
Night Watch Gallery, 2013
Installation of paintings in the Night Watch Gallery, 2013
Night Watch Gallery, 2012
Night Watch Gallery during the renovation, 2012
Night Watch Gallery after the renovation of 1983/1984
Night Watch Gallery with tapestries and armaments, 1947
The Night Watch Gallery as seen from the north-east, c. 1885-1900
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