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The Tower Swijgh Utrecht in Amsterdam
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The Arquebusiers, who commissioned Rembrandt’s Night Watch, assembled in the two structures at the left in this drawing. The Night Watch hung in the leftmost modern building of the complex from 1642. The nearby medieval city wall tower had a tall pointed roof in Rembrandt’s time. Rembrandt omitted it to showcase the original architecture. He used such old round towers as scenery in his history scenes.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe toren Swijgh Utrecht in Amsterdam. c. 1650 - c. 1655. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
