Captain Frans Banning Cocq (in black) and Lt Willem van Ruytenburch are the two central figures

Copy of the Night Watch attributed to Gerrit Lundens

Our museum guide explains the Night Watch

Rembrandt experiments with light in this self-portrait

Rembrandt's masterpiece, the Night Watch

Rembrandt's Night Watch in Delft tiles

Rembrandt's Night Watch in Delft tiles

Rembrandt's Night Watch is a portrait of a group of the city's militiamen

Rembrandt's Portrait of a Woman - possibly Maria Trip

Rembrant's 1642 signature on the Night Watch

The Jewish Bride by Rembrandt (1667)

The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq in the Night Watch

The Night Watch is renowned for its size, the use of light and shadow and the perception of motion

The Sampling Officials check a length of Persian-style fabric against examples from a swatch book

The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild are responsible for grading the cloth offered for sale to guild members