Eight restorers are working on the piece in a specially designed glass chamber for the operation's first stage.

On Tuesday, a team of eight restorers started removing the varnish from the painting following years of high-tech research.

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.

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

Rembrandt's The Night Watch, one of the world's most famous paintings, is on the way to being seen in all its glory again after five years of painstaking restoration. This marks the beginning of the second phase of Operation Night Watch,

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.

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.