The ‘Night watch’, or Officers and men of the company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburgh

Bruyn, J.; Haak, B.; Levie, S. H.; Thiel, P. J. J. Van; Wetering, E. Van De

doi:10.1007/978-94-009-0811-6_47

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“…” (p. 69). Similar observations were made by Bruyn et al (1989) : “ In the figures of Captain Banning Cocq and Lieutenant Van Ruytenburgh … the treatment reaches its greatest intensity in terms of chiaroscuro contrast (between the two of them and within the figures themselves), sharpness and wealth of detail ” (p. 441).…”

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“…Research on viewing behavior with real paintings, especially large paintings, is rare, and more such research is recommended. Future research is also encouraged in more unconstrained settings to examine how participants distribute their attention between the painting and other features such as labels ( Reitstätter et al, 2020 , 2022 ) and the examination of other types of gaze patterns such as changes of perspective ( Eghbal-Azar & Widlok, 2013 ).…”

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How do people distribute their attention while observingThe Night Watch?

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This study explored how people look at The Night Watch (1642), Rembrandt's masterpiece. Twenty-one participants each stood in front of the painting for 5 min, while their eyes were recorded with a mobile eye-tracker and their thoughts were verbalized with a think-aloud method. We computed a heatmap of the participants’ attentional distribution using a novel markerless mapping method. The results showed that the participants’ attention was mainly directed at the faces of the two central figures, the bright mascot girl in the painting, and detailed elements such as the apparel of the key figures. The eye-movement analysis and think-aloud data also showed that participants’ attention shifted from the faces of the key figures to other elements of the scene over the course of the 5 min. Our analyses are consistent with the theory that Rembrandt used light and texture to capture the viewer's attention. Finally, the robustness of the eye-tracking method was demonstrated by replicating the study on a smaller replica.

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How do people distribute their attention while observingThe Night Watch?

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“…It is his largest (surviving) painting and is famous for the use of light and shadow to highlight different figures in the painting, thus enhancing the dramatic effect of the scene as a whole. Compared to the very static militia group portraits of his contemporaries, Rembrandt painted the group in action as they were starting to march, led by Captain Banninck Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch, respectively, in the center left and center right (1).…”

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“…Rembrandt's masterpiece embodies four centuries of material history. During that period, the painting was subject to numerous chemical and mechanical alterations and other interventions (1). To determine the current condition of The Night Watch, it was necessary to understand the composition of the multilayered painting and the degradation processes taking place within the heterogeneous layer system; the latter comprises support, preparatory, paint, and varnish layers.…”

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Correlated x-ray fluorescence and ptychographic nano-tomography on Rembrandt’s The Night Watch reveals unknown lead “layer”

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The Night Watch , one of the most famous masterpieces by Rembrandt, is the subject of a large research and conservation project. For the conservation treatment, it is of great importance to understand its current condition. Correlated nano-tomography using x-ray fluorescence and ptychography revealed a—so far unknown—lead-containing “layer”, which likely acts as a protective impregnation layer applied on the canvas before the quartz-clay ground was applied. This layer might explain the presence of lead soap protrusions in areas where no other lead components are present. In addition to the three-dimensional elemental mapping, ptychography visualizes and quantifies components not detectable by hard x-ray fluorescence such as the organic fraction and quartz. The first-time use of this combination of synchrotron-based techniques on a historic paint micro-sample shows it to be an important tool to better interpret the results of noninvasive imaging techniques operating on the macroscale.

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The ‘Night watch’, or Officers and men of the company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburgh

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How do people distribute their attention while observingThe Night Watch?

How do people distribute their attention while observingThe Night Watch?

Correlated x-ray fluorescence and ptychographic nano-tomography on Rembrandt’s The Night Watch reveals unknown lead “layer”

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