Amsterdam Scenes # 34 Photo

Photographer’s Note

De Nachtwacht (The Nightwatch)

As some of you know, Amsterdam is my beloved city and therefore I like to continue my Amsterdam Scenes, hope you like it (again)....

Here you see a well-known scene, I think. Everyone in the world knows "De Nachtwacht" painted by our most famous artist Rembrandt (van Rijn).

The original painting can be seen in the Rijksmuseum and because of the 400th birthday of Rembrandt there are many expositions in the city.

On the Rembrandtplein (plein = square) now you can find the Nachtwacht in statues made by the Russian artists Alexander Taratynov en Mikhail Dronov.

A lot of internet-sites about Rembrandt and the Nachtwacht can be found on the web.

In the background you can see the master looking over his own work.....

I also made a WS, where you can see the whole group and a WS with a billboard on the train-station in my village, that's a funny one, please have a look, you surely will like it:-))

Jeppe, Tue, jmdaoudal, quetzal, bpelvan, papagolf21, alvaraalto has marked this note useful

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lukie (0) 2006-06-10 13:57

Dag Hans,

mooie scherpe foto (je kan bijna zien welk merk van schoenen ze aanhebben...)

groeten,

Luc.

Jeppe (18623) 2006-06-10 16:24

Hi Hans
Great to see a shot from you - Yes I know this famous paintwork from the equal famous artist.
Indeed Amsterdam a place to visit - too bad I didn't got by at my visit to Netherlands. Amazing to watch the paintwork as sculptures - you did a fine job giving us this close up - thanks for the WS as well.

Tue (25608) 2006-06-10 18:12

Hej Hans,
Uitstekende foto van deze beeldengroep! De POV en composition zijn prima en het is leuk om te zien hoe de meester zelf toekijkt op de achtergrond. Mooi werk!
Groeten,
Lars

jmdaoudal (82) 2006-06-11 3:27

Just like tin soldiers, and with the memeory of the great scene, so you catch well here and have a good light. The only thing you cannot get its the smoke aspect the original picture had for century of storage at the wrong place :-))
I have been to the whole scene in WS this is a very good representation made by these artists.
jean Michel

Amirsun (2114) 2006-06-12 14:39

Hans! What a pose they made for the photo...
Very nioc shot with good composition and good POV. Also very good light handling.
Tanks for posting.
Regards, Amir

jhm (81731) 2006-06-16 8:58

Dag Hans,

Deze vind ik werkelijk zeer geslaagd als foto, de bronzen beelden zijn uitzonderlijk mooi gemaakt, kwalileit van de bovenste plank, en de fotograaf zag en overwon deze beelden maar dan met zijn camera,

Schitterend gedaan, en goed weekend,
John.

quetzal (3467) 2006-06-20 13:37

Hi Hans,
I like very much this kind of Artwork. It is full of life. Nice composition and straight framing to give more value to the statues.
Regards
Jean-Louis

bpelvan (3786) 2006-06-22 12:22

Hi Hans,
A great photo... A perfect work from both art and the photography point of view. It looks like the painting became alive... The only thing missing is the colors...
Well done Hans... Thanks for sharing...
Regards
Bulent

papagolf21 (55990) 2006-07-01 5:07

Bonjour mon bon ami Hans,
Au risque de paraître sot (ce qui n'est pas impossible), je ne connaissais pas cette scène. Les statues ont quitté la pierre pour se muer en un alliage de bronze, cuivre ou d'autres métaux ?
J'aime également la représentation de Rembrandt en train d'admirer cette oeuvre très réussie.
Bien vu également l'affiche, c'est très amusant et très bien fait.
Voilà une photo intéressante et instructive.
Amitiés sincères.
Philippe

alvaraalto (5227) 2006-07-07 17:22

Hallo Hans,
Deze heerlijke foto en de WS bekijkend realiseer ik dat we toch zeker het thema "Rembrandt 400" moeten openen. Helaas heb ik er nog geen foto's voor, maar ik ga absoluut op jacht.
groet Rob

bazal (7898) 2006-07-21 2:54

Hi Hans.
I had the chance to see the Nightwatch and other Rembrandt outstanding paintings at the Rijkmuseum a few months ago, and I kept a fascinated feeling about these masterpieces. In fact it's not so much the great technicity that the artist used that amazed me than his snese of humor that you can note in small details of most of its works. For sure I will have to visit the Rembrandtplein...
Thanks for sharing.