The Netherland galleries : being a history of the Dutch school of painting, illuminated and demonstrated by critical descriptions of the great paintings in the many galleries (1912)
Preyer, David C. (David Charles), 1861-1913 · Boston : St. Botolph Society · leaf 310
to man thevarious posts at the city gates and barracks, com-mence at five oclock in the afternoon. To reachthe gates from the Doelen, in the centre of the city,would require the preparations for marching to bemade at four. Now we notice that the shadow castby the Captains hand is at an angle of 45… … Waifts Ubrouab tbe Galleries 233 len, as the Night Watch, to march out to relievethe Day Watch, and later, after midnight, they willbe relieved by the Morning Watch. But it matters not what we call this marvellouscreation of Rembrandts inspired brush. The paint-ing is in itself so majestic and…
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