Q: Rembrandt "De Nachtwacht"

In 2000 Dutch PTT released 2 different issues of Rembrandt's famous painting
"The Night Watch", painted 1642, on stamps, the first one on 14th April 2000
(Dutch presentation pack 227), and the second one on 1st August 2000.(Dutch
presentation pack 230). The two issues are identical, except for the face
value and the priority label attached to the second issue.

http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/re...acht-100ct.jpg
and
http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/re...acht-110ct.jpg

and the full page:
http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/fr...01-General.htm

Although I do understand the main part of the text on the backside of the
presentation pack 227, there are some details that I really fail to get. Is
there any Dutch collector out there who could help translate the following
into English? :

quote:
"De Nachtwacht" (1642) wordt doorgaans als het meesterwerk van Rembrandt
beshouwd. Het schilderij werd als groepsportret besteld door een
schuttersgilde. Schuttersgilden hielsen de herinnering aan de jaren tegen
de Spaanse overeheersing levend. Afgebeeld is de compagnie van kapitein
Frans Banning Cocq. Deze bestond de gegoede Amsterdamse burgerij. Met name
de triomf van de Verenigde Republiek en haar koopmannen wordt hier sterk
benadrukt.

Het middelpunt van het schilderij is de in het zwart geklede kapitein en
zijn luitenant in citroengeel. Het doek gonst van de activiteit en creërt
een sfeer vol opwinding door contrasten tussen licht en donker, glanzende en
doffe kleuren en een grote variatie in houdingen, gebaren en
gezichtsuitdrukkingen.

Het doek meet 370x445 cm. Oorspronkelijk was het nog groter, Toen het in
1715 naar het stadhuis werd overgebracht, werd het aan alle zijden
bijgesneden. Vooral de ingreep aan de linkerkant van het schilderij heeft
de symmetrie van de architectuur op de achtergrond zichtbaar verstoord.
Desondanks spreekt "De Nachtwacht" tot de verbeelding van velen.
unquote.

Any help on this would be much appreciated :-)
--
Best regards
Ann Mette Heindorff (Mette)
reply to heindorffhus at heindorffhus dot.dk
http://www.heindorffhus.dk

"The Nigh****ch" (1642) is considered the masterpiece of Rembrandt
The painting was ordered as a group portrait by the archers guild. Archers
guilds kept the memory of the Spanish occupation alive. One sees depicted
the company of captain Frans Banning Cocq, it consisted of members of the
wealthy Amsterdam citizens elite. Special accent in this painting on the
triumph of the United Republic and its merchants.
In the centre of the painting a captain dressed in balck and his lieutenant in
lemon-yellow. The canvas is buzzing of activity and creates a atmosphere of
excitement by the contrasts between light and dark, shiny and dull colours
and a high variety of positions, gestures and facial expressions.
The painting measures 370x445cm. Orignially it was even larger. When it was
brought into the City hall, it got cut down on all sides. Especially the left side
was cut down that much that the symmetry of the architecture in the background
got distorted visibly. Nevertheless the "Nigh****ch" appeals to many people.


On 2 Nov 2004 11:30:52 +, Mette\ wrote:
In 2000 Dutch PTT released 2 different issues of Rembrandt's famous painting
"The Night Watch", painted 1642, on stamps, the first one on 14th April 2000
(Dutch presentation pack 227), and the second one on 1st August 2000.(Dutch
presentation pack 230). The two issues are identical, except for the face
value and the priority label attached to the second issue.

http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/re...acht-100ct.jpg
and
http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/re...acht-110ct.jpg

and the full page:
http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/fr...01-General.htm

Although I do understand the main part of the text on the backside of the
presentation pack 227, there are some details that I really fail to get. Is
there any Dutch collector out there who could help translate the following
into English? :

quote:
"De Nachtwacht" (1642) wordt doorgaans als het meesterwerk van Rembrandt
beshouwd. Het schilderij werd als groepsportret besteld door een
schuttersgilde. Schuttersgilden hielsen de herinnering aan de jaren tegen
de Spaanse overeheersing levend. Afgebeeld is de compagnie van kapitein
Frans Banning Cocq. Deze bestond de gegoede Amsterdamse burgerij. Met name
de triomf van de Verenigde Republiek en haar koopmannen wordt hier sterk
benadrukt.

Het middelpunt van het schilderij is de in het zwart geklede kapitein en
zijn luitenant in citroengeel. Het doek gonst van de activiteit en creërt
een sfeer vol opwinding door contrasten tussen licht en donker, glanzende en
doffe kleuren en een grote variatie in houdingen, gebaren en
gezichtsuitdrukkingen.

Het doek meet 370x445 cm. Oorspronkelijk was het nog groter, Toen het in
1715 naar het stadhuis werd overgebracht, werd het aan alle zijden
bijgesneden. Vooral de ingreep aan de linkerkant van het schilderij heeft
de symmetrie van de architectuur op de achtergrond zichtbaar verstoord.
Desondanks spreekt "De Nachtwacht" tot de verbeelding van velen.
unquote.

Any help on this would be much appreciated :-)
--
Best regards
Ann Mette Heindorff (Mette)
reply to heindorffhus at heindorffhus dot.dk
http://www.heindorffhus.dk







.

"Rein Bakhuizen van den Brink" skrev i en meddelelse
...
"The Nigh****ch" (1642) is considered the masterpiece of Rembrandt
The painting was ordered as a group portrait by the archers guild. Archers
guilds kept the memory of the Spanish occupation alive. One sees depicted
the company of captain Frans Banning Cocq, it consisted of members of the
wealthy Amsterdam citizens elite. Special accent in this painting on the
triumph of the United Republic and its merchants.
In the centre of the painting a captain dressed in balck and his
lieutenant in
lemon-yellow. The canvas is buzzing of activity and creates a atmosphere
of
excitement by the contrasts between light and dark, shiny and dull colours
and a high variety of positions, gestures and facial expressions.
The painting measures 370x445cm. Orignially it was even larger. When it
was
brought into the City hall, it got cut down on all sides. Especially the
left side
was cut down that much that the symmetry of the architecture in the
background
got distorted visibly. Nevertheless the "Nigh****ch" appeals to many
people.

Thanks a lot Rein, that's very kind of you, now it makes sense :-)
Regards
Mette




On 2 Nov 2004 11:30:52 +, Mette\ wrote:
In 2000 Dutch PTT released 2 different issues of Rembrandt's famous
painting
"The Night Watch", painted 1642, on stamps, the first one on 14th April
2000
(Dutch presentation pack 227), and the second one on 1st August
2000.(Dutch
presentation pack 230). The two issues are identical, except for the face
value and the priority label attached to the second issue.

http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/re...acht-100ct.jpg
and
http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/re...acht-110ct.jpg

and the full page:
http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/fr...01-General.htm

Although I do understand the main part of the text on the backside of the
presentation pack 227, there are some details that I really fail to get.
Is
there any Dutch collector out there who could help translate the following
into English? :

quote:
"De Nachtwacht" (1642) wordt doorgaans als het meesterwerk van Rembrandt
beshouwd. Het schilderij werd als groepsportret besteld door een
schuttersgilde. Schuttersgilden hielsen de herinnering aan de jaren tegen
de Spaanse overeheersing levend. Afgebeeld is de compagnie van kapitein
Frans Banning Cocq. Deze bestond de gegoede Amsterdamse burgerij. Met
name
de triomf van de Verenigde Republiek en haar koopmannen wordt hier sterk
benadrukt.

Het middelpunt van het schilderij is de in het zwart geklede kapitein en
zijn luitenant in citroengeel. Het doek gonst van de activiteit en creërt
een sfeer vol opwinding door contrasten tussen licht en donker, glanzende
en
doffe kleuren en een grote variatie in houdingen, gebaren en
gezichtsuitdrukkingen.

Het doek meet 370x445 cm. Oorspronkelijk was het nog groter, Toen het in
1715 naar het stadhuis werd overgebracht, werd het aan alle zijden
bijgesneden. Vooral de ingreep aan de linkerkant van het schilderij heeft
de symmetrie van de architectuur op de achtergrond zichtbaar verstoord.
Desondanks spreekt "De Nachtwacht" tot de verbeelding van velen.
unquote.

Any help on this would be much appreciated :-)
--
Best regards
Ann Mette Heindorff (Mette)
reply to heindorffhus at heindorffhus dot.dk
http://www.heindorffhus.dk







.

On 02 Nov 2004 18:34:33 GMT, (Rein Bakhuizen van den
Brink) wrote:

"The Nigh****ch" (1642) is considered the masterpiece of Rembrandt
The painting was ordered as a group portrait by the archers guild. Archers
guilds kept the memory of the Spanish occupation alive. One sees depicted
the company of captain Frans Banning Cocq, it consisted of members of the
wealthy Amsterdam citizens elite. Special accent in this painting on the
triumph of the United Republic and its merchants.
In the centre of the painting a captain dressed in balck and his lieutenant in
lemon-yellow. The canvas is buzzing of activity and creates a atmosphere of
excitement by the contrasts between light and dark, shiny and dull colours
and a high variety of positions, gestures and facial expressions.
The painting measures 370x445cm. Orignially it was even larger. When it was
brought into the City hall, it got cut down on all sides. Especially the left side
was cut down that much that the symmetry of the architecture in the background
got distorted visibly. Nevertheless the "Nigh****ch" appeals to many people.

Including those who like progressive rock. King Crimson released "The
Night Watch", which is (seems) a story about the painting / period.
This was on the "Starless & Bible Black" album of 1974.


"Shine, shine, the light of good works shine
The watch before the city gates depicted in their prime
That golden light all grimy now
Three hundred years have passed
The worthy Captain and his squad of troopers standing fast

The artist knew their faces well
The husbands of his lady friends
His creditors and councilors
In armour bright, the merchant men

Official moments of the guild
In poses keen from bygone days
The city fathers frozen there
Upon the canvas dark with age

The smell of paint, a flask of wine
And turn those faces all to me
The blunderbuss and halberd-shaft
And Dutch respectability

They make their entrance one by one
Defenders of that way of life
The redbrick home, the bourgeoisie
Guitar lessons for the wife

So many years we suffered here
Our country racked with Spanish wars
Now comes a chance to find ourselves
And quiet reigns behind our doors
We think about posterity again

And so the pride of little men
The burghers good and true
Still living through the painter's hand
Request you all to understand"


Not too often does good art imitate good art, or does it?

(I may not know too much about stamps, (?) but when you get into this
type of music, look out...)

Tracy Barber

Wow! I am impressed Tracy.
Progressive rock, is that what they called it?
I remember well, buying "Lark's tongues in Aspic"
in the days of Paisley ties and flared trousers.
It was eerie music, that grew on you, but always left a haunted aftertaste.
I wasn't a "fan" as such, but it got a fair hammering with the guys
during many a late evening. (The girls hated it
I was a frustrated percussionist, and the drumming I thought, was just
"out of sight"
Thanks for the nostalgia trip.



| Including those who like progressive rock. King Crimson released "The
| Night Watch", which is (seems) a story about the painting / period.
| This was on the "Starless & Bible Black" album of 1974.
|
|
| "Shine, shine, the light of good works shine
| The watch before the city gates depicted in their prime
| That golden light all grimy now
| Three hundred years have passed
| The worthy Captain and his squad of troopers standing fast
|
| The artist knew their faces well
| The husbands of his lady friends
| His creditors and councilors
| In armour bright, the merchant men
|
| Official moments of the guild
| In poses keen from bygone days
| The city fathers frozen there
| Upon the canvas dark with age
|
| The smell of paint, a flask of wine
| And turn those faces all to me
| The blunderbuss and halberd-shaft
| And Dutch respectability
|
| They make their entrance one by one
| Defenders of that way of life
| The redbrick home, the bourgeoisie
| Guitar lessons for the wife
|
| So many years we suffered here
| Our country racked with Spanish wars
| Now comes a chance to find ourselves
| And quiet reigns behind our doors
| We think about posterity again
|
| And so the pride of little men
| The burghers good and true
| Still living through the painter's hand
| Request you all to understand"
|
|
| Not too often does good art imitate good art, or does it?
|
| (I may not know too much about stamps, (?) but when you get into this
| type of music, look out...)
|
| Tracy Barber

"amesh (Mette)" wrote in message
...
In 2000 Dutch PTT released 2 different issues of Rembrandt's famous
painting
"The Night Watch", painted 1642, on stamps, the first one on 14th
April 2000
(Dutch presentation pack 227), and the second one on 1st August
2000.(Dutch
presentation pack 230). The two issues are identical, except for
the face
value and the priority label attached to the second issue.

http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/re...acht-100ct.jpg
and
http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/re...acht-110ct.jpg

and the full page:
http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/fr...01-General.htm

Although I do understand the main part of the text on the backside
of the
presentation pack 227, there are some details that I really fail to
get. Is
there any Dutch collector out there who could help translate the
following
into English? :

quote:
"De Nachtwacht" (1642) wordt doorgaans als het meesterwerk van
Rembrandt
beshouwd. Het schilderij werd als groepsportret besteld door een
schuttersgilde. Schuttersgilden hielsen de herinnering aan de jaren
tegen
de Spaanse overeheersing levend. Afgebeeld is de compagnie van
kapitein
Frans Banning Cocq. Deze bestond de gegoede Amsterdamse burgerij.
Met name
de triomf van de Verenigde Republiek en haar koopmannen wordt hier
sterk
benadrukt.

Het middelpunt van het schilderij is de in het zwart geklede
kapitein en
zijn luitenant in citroengeel. Het doek gonst van de activiteit en
creërt
een sfeer vol opwinding door contrasten tussen licht en donker,
glanzende en
doffe kleuren en een grote variatie in houdingen, gebaren en
gezichtsuitdrukkingen.

Het doek meet 370x445 cm. Oorspronkelijk was het nog groter, Toen
het in
1715 naar het stadhuis werd overgebracht, werd het aan alle zijden
bijgesneden. Vooral de ingreep aan de linkerkant van het schilderij
heeft
de symmetrie van de architectuur op de achtergrond zichtbaar
verstoord.
Desondanks spreekt "De Nachtwacht" tot de verbeelding van velen.

Any help on this would be much appreciated :-)

How's this:

"The Night Watch" (1642) is generally regarded as the masterpiece of
Rembrandt. The painting was commissioned by a guild of marksmen.
Guilds of marksmen kept alive the memories of the years against the
Spanish overlordship. The company of captain Frans Banning Cocq is
depicted. This was composed of good burghers of Amsterdam. By name,
the triumph of the United Republic and its merchants is emphasised
strongly.

The focus of the painting is the captain, dressed in black, and his
lieutenent in lemon-yellow. The canvas hums with activity and creates
a sphere full of excitement through contrasts between light and dark,
glowing and dull colours and much variation in attitudes, gestures and
facial expressions.

The canvas measures 370 x 445 cm. Originally it was even larger.
When it was brought to the city hall in 1715, it was reduced in size
on all sides. The cut into the left side of the painting especially
disturbed the symmetry of the background architecture noticeably.
unquote. In spite of this, "The Night Watch speaks to the imagination
of many"

Franz

"Franz Heymann" skrev i en meddelelse
...

"amesh (Mette)" wrote in message
...
In 2000 Dutch PTT released 2 different issues of Rembrandt's famous
painting
"The Night Watch", painted 1642, on stamps, the first one on 14th
April 2000
(Dutch presentation pack 227), and the second one on 1st August
2000.(Dutch
presentation pack 230). The two issues are identical, except for
the face
value and the priority label attached to the second issue.

http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/re...acht-100ct.jpg
and
http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/re...acht-110ct.jpg

and the full page:
http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/fr...01-General.htm

Although I do understand the main part of the text on the backside
of the
presentation pack 227, there are some details that I really fail to
get. Is
there any Dutch collector out there who could help translate the
following
into English? :

quote:
"De Nachtwacht" (1642) wordt doorgaans als het meesterwerk van
Rembrandt
beshouwd. Het schilderij werd als groepsportret besteld door een
schuttersgilde. Schuttersgilden hielsen de herinnering aan de jaren
tegen
de Spaanse overeheersing levend. Afgebeeld is de compagnie van
kapitein
Frans Banning Cocq. Deze bestond de gegoede Amsterdamse burgerij.
Met name
de triomf van de Verenigde Republiek en haar koopmannen wordt hier
sterk
benadrukt.

Het middelpunt van het schilderij is de in het zwart geklede
kapitein en
zijn luitenant in citroengeel. Het doek gonst van de activiteit en
creërt
een sfeer vol opwinding door contrasten tussen licht en donker,
glanzende en
doffe kleuren en een grote variatie in houdingen, gebaren en
gezichtsuitdrukkingen.

Het doek meet 370x445 cm. Oorspronkelijk was het nog groter, Toen
het in
1715 naar het stadhuis werd overgebracht, werd het aan alle zijden
bijgesneden. Vooral de ingreep aan de linkerkant van het schilderij
heeft
de symmetrie van de architectuur op de achtergrond zichtbaar
verstoord.
Desondanks spreekt "De Nachtwacht" tot de verbeelding van velen.

Any help on this would be much appreciated :-)

How's this:

"The Night Watch" (1642) is generally regarded as the masterpiece of
Rembrandt. The painting was commissioned by a guild of marksmen.
Guilds of marksmen kept alive the memories of the years against the
Spanish overlordship. The company of captain Frans Banning Cocq is
depicted. This was composed of good burghers of Amsterdam. By name,
the triumph of the United Republic and its merchants is emphasised
strongly.

The focus of the painting is the captain, dressed in black, and his
lieutenent in lemon-yellow. The canvas hums with activity and creates
a sphere full of excitement through contrasts between light and dark,
glowing and dull colours and much variation in attitudes, gestures and
facial expressions.

The canvas measures 370 x 445 cm. Originally it was even larger.
When it was brought to the city hall in 1715, it was reduced in size
on all sides. The cut into the left side of the painting especially
disturbed the symmetry of the background architecture noticeably.
unquote. In spite of this, "The Night Watch speaks to the imagination
of many"

Excellent, Franz. Thank you very much :-)
Mette

On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 08:57:04 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:


"amesh (Mette)" wrote in message
...
In 2000 Dutch PTT released 2 different issues of Rembrandt's famous
painting
"The Night Watch", painted 1642, on stamps, the first one on 14th
April 2000
(Dutch presentation pack 227), and the second one on 1st August
2000.(Dutch
presentation pack 230). The two issues are identical, except for
the face
value and the priority label attached to the second issue.

http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/re...acht-100ct.jpg
and
http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/re...acht-110ct.jpg

and the full page:
http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/fr...01-General.htm

Although I do understand the main part of the text on the backside
of the
presentation pack 227, there are some details that I really fail to
get. Is
there any Dutch collector out there who could help translate the
following
into English? :

quote:
"De Nachtwacht" (1642) wordt doorgaans als het meesterwerk van
Rembrandt
beshouwd. Het schilderij werd als groepsportret besteld door een
schuttersgilde. Schuttersgilden hielsen de herinnering aan de jaren
tegen
de Spaanse overeheersing levend. Afgebeeld is de compagnie van
kapitein
Frans Banning Cocq. Deze bestond de gegoede Amsterdamse burgerij.
Met name
de triomf van de Verenigde Republiek en haar koopmannen wordt hier
sterk
benadrukt.

Het middelpunt van het schilderij is de in het zwart geklede
kapitein en
zijn luitenant in citroengeel. Het doek gonst van de activiteit en
creërt
een sfeer vol opwinding door contrasten tussen licht en donker,
glanzende en
doffe kleuren en een grote variatie in houdingen, gebaren en
gezichtsuitdrukkingen.

Het doek meet 370x445 cm. Oorspronkelijk was het nog groter, Toen
het in
1715 naar het stadhuis werd overgebracht, werd het aan alle zijden
bijgesneden. Vooral de ingreep aan de linkerkant van het schilderij
heeft
de symmetrie van de architectuur op de achtergrond zichtbaar
verstoord.
Desondanks spreekt "De Nachtwacht" tot de verbeelding van velen.

Any help on this would be much appreciated :-)

How's this:

"The Night Watch" (1642) is generally regarded as the masterpiece of
Rembrandt. The painting was commissioned by a guild of marksmen.
Guilds of marksmen kept alive the memories of the years against the
Spanish overlordship. The company of captain Frans Banning Cocq is
depicted. This was composed of good burghers of Amsterdam. By name,
the triumph of the United Republic and its merchants is emphasised
strongly.

The focus of the painting is the captain, dressed in black, and his
lieutenent in lemon-yellow. The canvas hums with activity and creates
a sphere full of excitement through contrasts between light and dark,
glowing and dull colours and much variation in attitudes, gestures and
facial expressions.

The canvas measures 370 x 445 cm. Originally it was even larger.
When it was brought to the city hall in 1715, it was reduced in size
on all sides. The cut into the left side of the painting especially
disturbed the symmetry of the background architecture noticeably.
unquote. In spite of this, "The Night Watch speaks to the imagination
of many"

The lyrics of the song actually said just about the same thing...
Maybe they were into Dutch paintings when KC wrote it... hmmm...

Tracy Barber

THUS spake Mr. Tracy Barber in
news
... Nevertheless the "Nigh****ch" appeals to many people.

Including those who like progressive rock. King Crimson released "The
Night Watch", which is (seems) a story about the painting / period.
This was on the "Starless & Bible Black" album of 1974.

"Shine, shine, the light of good works shine
The watch before the city gates depicted in their prime
That golden light all grimy now
Three hundred years have passed
The worthy Captain and his squad of troopers standing fast

[cut]

Not too often does good art imitate good art, or does it?

(I may not know too much about stamps, (?) but when you get into this
type of music, look out...)

Indeed! Very interesting. I was aware of, say, Todd Rundgren's "The
Lord of the Rings" from long ago (though I've never heard it); but this
is new to me.

--
Bruce -- Harper Blue
=====
Alfred (Michael Gough) to Bruce Wayne (Val Kilmer) on an open line:
"Sir, I'm afraid Master Grayson has...borrowed...the car."
(a pause, then) "Dick's boosted the Rolls?"
(a look) "No, sir; the other car."
"He's boosted the Bentley."
(a LOOK) "No, sir; the OTHER car."

-- From "Batman Forever"
=====
Check out the Karma of Literature....
http://www.bookcrossing.com/friend/harperbruce

Want more of my Deep Thoughts?
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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:50:21 GMT, Bruce wrote:

THUS spake Mr. Tracy Barber in
news
... Nevertheless the "Nigh****ch" appeals to many people.

Including those who like progressive rock. King Crimson released "The
Night Watch", which is (seems) a story about the painting / period.
This was on the "Starless & Bible Black" album of 1974.

"Shine, shine, the light of good works shine
The watch before the city gates depicted in their prime
That golden light all grimy now
Three hundred years have passed
The worthy Captain and his squad of troopers standing fast

[cut]

Not too often does good art imitate good art, or does it?

(I may not know too much about stamps, (?) but when you get into this
type of music, look out...)

Indeed! Very interesting. I was aware of, say, Todd Rundgren's "The
Lord of the Rings" from long ago (though I've never heard it); but this
is new to me.

Cool! A response! Though everyone was too snooty (considering the
subject matter?) :^) to do so! Admiring all the other artwork on
other's web sites and talking all this high culture stuff, they were!

Give 'em a round of blunderbuss and a slice of halberd shaft type
thingie I will !!!!!

(Yes, Rodney, your response was great!) I must be too young for most
of the crowd here. :^P

Although it may seem that many a musician "trash" the classics, that's
one way that I found to listen to the classics - through the "trashed"
versions. Of course, I like some of both sides, such as Mussorgsky's
"Pictures At An Exhibition" - both ELP's and orchestral versions.
Takes into account a lot of artiste genres, from my exposure to
various versions therein.

Well... stamps have portrayed the classics in both paint and music, as
well as contemporaries of today.

And, since they seem to sell in some circles, will so redeem
themselves of said virtue in collections future.

[ Eh? hmmm... ]

Tracy Barber