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REMBRANDT, THE NIGHT WATCH Musketeer Elbert Willemsen BU Proof Medal 40mm 28g Silver Plated Bronze In Capsule. B4
The Night Watch is a 1642 painting by Rembrandt van Rijn. It is in the collection of the Amsterdam Museum but is prominently displayed in the Rijksmuseum as the best-known painting in its collection.
The painting depicts the company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and his lieutenant, Willem van Ruytenburgh, surrounded by sixteen of their men. The other people who appear in the painting were added by Rembrandt with an eye to enhancing the composition.
Elbert Willemsen is born on Nieuwendijk, in his grandfather’s house. It carries the name ‘De Vergulde Engel’ (The Guilded Angel). But when his father becomes the new owner, after Elbert’s birth, he renames the house to ‘De drie vergulde Stockvissen’ (The Three Guilded Stock Fishes). An aptly chosen name, considering that for generations the men have earned their trade as merchants and fish mongers. Elbert also follows in his ancestor’s footsteps and becomes a merchant. When, in 1644, he dies, he leaves the business to his children. It is valued at 90,000 guilders, a staggering amount of money at the time.
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