The second phase of "Operation Night Watch" initiates a landmark restoration of the famed Rembrandt painting at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

The second phase of the Rijksmuseum’s Operation Night Watch, the largest research and restoration project ever undertaken for Rembrandt’s 1642 masterpiece—The Night Watch—is in motion. On Tuesday, a team of eight restorers at Amsterdam’s national ...

After five years of exhaustive research, a team of eight restorers are starting a grand preservation project on Rembrandt’s 1642 masterpiece, ‘The Night Watch’ at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

After five years of research and preparation, the Rijksmuseum has started the second phase of its public restoration of the Rembrandt van Rijn masterpiece The Night Watch. On Tuesday, a team of eight Rijksmuseum conservators started removing the varnish from the painting.

Following five years of research using techniques such as digital imaging and artificial intelligence, eight restorers will begin "Operation Night Watch" by removing the varnish from the painting - in full view of the public, within the glass-enclosed space in The Night Watch Room.

Eight art conservators have begun a painstaking process to remove a layer of varnish from Rembrandt's giant "Night Watch" masterpiece to reveal its original depth and colour. The task, which could last years, began on Tuesday at the national Rijksmuseum ...