Talk:The Night Watch

message: 220912 just to mention that the hi-res version of the picture is much larger than it needs to be in terms of data volume.  It took several minutes to download on a 16MBPS link.  I think the file size is about 40MB but was unable to complete verifying this. Could those who supply the image please put a file of a more manageable size into the page?  Thanks  Bicyclic (talk) 13:38, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: [[User:Bicyclic|Bicyclic]] ([[User talk:Bicyclic|talk]]) 13:38, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

message: I don't believe for a moment that the paragraph on the progressive rock group King Crimson is of the slightest interest to anyone looking for information on this great work.  I've deleted it. Palefire 01:07, Dec 11, 2004 (UTC)
I am unfamiliar with the King Crimson reference (and am now intrigued), but the progressive rock group Ayreon has a song from the view point of one individual possing for The Night Watch.  You may review the lyrics at on the Ayreon website .
--RedKnight 20:11, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: King Crimson

message: Changed this heading from 'myths' because I believe it more accurate. The external link which yields this information does not claim that the misconception began with the advertisement, merely that it continued and contributed to it. JNW 23:40, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Popular reception

message: First trivia item states: "Rembrandt cleverly included himself in the painting. In the background, slightly above and to the left of the Captain's head, all that is visible of him is an eye, a nose, part of a forehead, and his painter's beret."   Agreed that trivia does not belong; though artist's self depiction in famous painting might fit in narrative and not be considered trivia.  However, no citation is provided and the curatorial materials at the Rijksmuseum note that *some believe* this figure to be a self portrait, but experts are not in agreement about it.
68.20.20.179 (talk) 17:59, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: comment on trivia item

message: IS this painting an example of Chiaroscuro? if not, why not? if it is, should it be mentioned? ---Uwaisis (talk) 16:34, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chiaroscuro 

message: Should be The Night Watch, as it is normally so called, and this is not a standard title. Johnbod (talk) 22:01, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've moved it to The Night Watch (painting).  --  ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ [your turn] 20:00, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: I have changed "Trivia" to "Other Representations" which might not be accurate, but at least we don't have a "Trivia" section any longer. Of course, this meant I had to delete a little factoid about Rembrandt having painted himself "very cleverly" over the captain's left shoulder, but I don't think the article is the worse for wear missing something akin to an urban legend.
Jaloka (talk) 14:21, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No, you still have a trivia section; it's just not titled trivia. Don't change the title; remove the section.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.113.148.18 (talk) 11:28, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

text: "The dead chicken is also meant to represent a defeated adversary. " The symbol of France is the cockerel. Catholic France in 1642 was still deeply embroiled in the Thirty Years' War. Holland was a bastion of Protestantism.--Wetman (talk) 01:05, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fixing the Trivia Section 

message: This article starts: "The Night Watch or The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq (Dutch: De Nachtwacht)" The Dutch translation should perhaps be closer to what it is a translation of...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.158.48.17 (talk) 18:13, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  What a Crazy Language 

message: There has been some claim that the female character, sometimes named the "golden girl", was the portrait of his wife, Saskia van Uylenburgh. This could be integrated somewhere. --Eleassar my talk 11:11, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Golden Girl

message: Might the chicken refer to Captain Cocq?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.36.69.30 (talk) 19:17, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:   the claws of a dead chicken on her belt represent the clauweniers (arquebusiers); 

message: This line is unclear:
"Moreover, all characters of this painting were conceived to present double readings". Could someone who understands what it is supposed to mean please edit it.
Slipandslide (talk) 23:38, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the whole para in the end. It's very much a minority view. Certainly WP:UNDUE in the lead. Johnbod (talk) 03:17, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: If R wanted to effectively "make a statement" or communicate a concept, why would he make it so secret and impossibly difficult to decipher? All interpretations and readings are merely the subjective, private personal opinions of various spectators.173.61.223.136 (talk) 13:47, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  key elements 

message: The restored painting has been digitally reproduced, together with its missing sections, using the Lundens copy:   The Rijksmuseum presumably has an announcement. Errantius (talk) 14:14, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Digital completion 

message: where is the picture set, which town? Biofuelsimon (talk) 19:21, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @Biofuelsimon the painting is at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and that city is where the Night Watch is set. Though it would be best to ask questions like this elsewhere since the talk page is WP:NOTAFORUM for discussion of the painting, but rather a place to discuss the contents of the article. The Night Watch (talk) 19:25, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location