In Reply to: "Rembrandt's J'Accuse": Greenaway dissects The Night Watch posted by mr grits on June 20, 2011 at 20:33:17:
its immediate public display."
I don't know what that means. The painting is much more than the most viewed MILITIA painting. It is the most revered Rembrandt of all at the major Dutch museum, the Rijksberg, in Amsterdam and generally considered one of the two or three most famous and critically acclaimed paintings in the world. "Mona" and that Velasquez trompe l'oeuil "Las Meninas" being the others.
Finally, "Nightwatch" spelled the end for... Greenway?
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Follow Ups
- Great find. "It is the most viewed of the 50 or so militia paintings created in Amsterdam on the strength of - tinear 08:17:41 06/21/11 (4)
- Hardly the "end" for Greenaway... - Harmonia 16:09:15 06/26/11 (0)
- Most all of the militia paintings (by various artists) were displayed . . . - mr grits 14:42:58 06/21/11 (2)
- I've got to see it. I have a bunch of framed R v R prints I got at the - tinear 18:17:36 06/21/11 (1)
- You'd probably like the documentary of the fantastic female portrait painter, "Alice Neel." - tinear 18:19:32 06/21/11 (0)