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Shortly after the painting was completed it was cropped so that it would fit on the wall. See if you can guess which edge was the victim. Of the high resolutio
by Daub 2y ago
Shortly after the painting was completed it was cropped so that it would fit on the wall. See if you can guess which edge was the victim.
Of the high resolution image itself... I teach painting and regularly use such images as teaching aids. I honesty belive that they have as much teaching value (or even more) than seeing the real thing. The details of paint applicationare magnificently clear in such images.
- grumple 2y agoIt was actually cropped on all 4 sides: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/operation-night-watch-1982686 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/operation-night-watch-1982...
- Daub 2y agoYes, but the left hand low was the largest and (in my opinion) the most noticeable. That being said the trim on the right makes the two right-most figures feel ‘wrong’ and the cropped bottom moves the central figure’s feet way too close to the edge. The structure of the painting is very common: a central figure surrounded by a semi-circle of figures. For an early and clear example look at The Tribute Money by Masaccio. The crop on the left plays hell with this structure. It also moves the central figure maddeningly close to the middle. Rembrandt would never have voluntarily placed a figure in the middle of a multi-figure composition.