Artist: Rembrandt
Object: Night Watch
From: Date: 1642
artistic movement: Dutch Baroque Origin: Material: oil on canvas
Depicts: militia group portrait; group rushing to organize themselves for a parade; the company of captain Frans Banning Cocq
Group portrait but has symbolism
The girl in the left middle ground carries a chicken with prominent claws (klauw in duct) which might be a pun on the kind of guns (klower) that gave the name (the Kloveniers) to the company. Chicken legs with claws are also part of its coat of arms.