When Rembrandt had just painted the Night Watch in 1642, everyone had to get used to the painting. What a hustle and bustle, what a movement!
Until then, militia pieces had been static group portraits of gentlemen looking straight ahead. On the Night Watch you can see a lively chaos. Due to the use of color, the composition and the enormous depth effect, Frans Banninck Cocq’s company seems to be about to march off the canvas.
There appears to be a colorful group hidden in all that darkness; but who are these people anyway? And what are they so busy doing? By building the Night Watch yourself you get a good idea of the actual content of the painting and looking at the Night Watch really becomes SEEING.
This package contains building pictures of 13 militiamen with weaponry, 1 girl, 1 dog and separate building instructions.
The packaging folder, folded inside out, forms the background.
supplies: scissors or knife, craft glue and a round pencil.
About Piet Design
Piet Design was founded in 1990 by Elisabeth (Piet) Rijkels-Visser (1972). The design agency specializes in historically sound, build-it-yourself products that are sold at museum shops at home and abroad.
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