Opening the exhibition
Rembrandt van Rijn
The Night Watch
Twelve paintings from Flanders and Holland, 1436–1670
North of the Alps, painters learned to see with an almost unbearable precision. Jan van Eyck mixed pigment into oil and could paint the whole of heaven and hell on two panels no wider than a hand; two centuries later Vermeer used the same medium to paint light itself, falling on milk, plaster and a silver jug.
Between them come Bruegel's harvest, Avercamp's frozen river, Hals's drinker caught mid-word, Asselijn's furious swan and three Rembrandts of darkness and gold, from the militia company marching out of the shadow to the bride and groom who touch hands. Every painting here is lent in image by the Rijksmuseum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which have released them to the public domain.
Halls: Northern Wonder
Artists: Frans Hals, Hendrick Avercamp, Jacob van Ruisdael, Jan Asselijn, Jan van Eyck, Johannes Vermeer, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Rembrandt van Rijn
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The collection brings together works from the Art Institute of Chicago and Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access collections and other openly licensed sources. Artist, title, date, medium, source and rights are printed under every plate. EPRIS Museum claims no rights in these images.
Works in this exhibition are drawn from Northern Wonder.
