Thursday 21 September 2017

flashmob: Rembrandt



   A Flashmob recreates Rembrandt's painting, The Nightwatcher, in a Dutch shopping mall.
   A culturally-minded group staged a high-art flashmob to celebrate the return of Rembrandt Van Rijn’s famous painting The Night Watch to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

 
The nightwatch by Rembrandt







    Rembrandt’s painting was completed in 1642 and depicts Captain Frans Banning Cocq and his lieutenant, Willem van Ruytenburch, leading out their city guard. The Rijksmuseum is due to reopen on April 13th following a 10-year renovation.