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File:Bataafseeed.jpg

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English: The Batavians by en:Rembrandt. Image taken from WebArt, the catalog of en:Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Sweden.

Text at UCL: One of the painters commissioned to make a ‘Batavian’ painting for the new Amsterdam town hall was Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-69). Rembrandt chose the moment of the oath of the Batavians in the sacred grove, as described by Tacitus, Histories IV, 14. Civilis, with crown and sword, is the main protagonist of the composition.

Unlike his fellow painters, Rembrandt decided to depict Civilis with one blind eye, as some of the sources had described his appearance. This was almost certainly the main reason for the Amsterdam magistrates to reject the painting. In 1662 it was reportedly on display at the town hall, but shortly afterwards, it was removed from the building. The painting, originally measuring more than 5 x 5 metres, was reduced to 2 x 3 metres, which incidentally makes Civilis`s blind eye more clearly visible. It is currently on display at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.
Svenska: Bataviska sammansvärjningen. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
Date 1662
Source/Photographer Image taken from WebArt, the catalog of en:Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Image title
  • Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn: Batavernas trohetsed till Claudius Civilis. NM 578
Copyright holder
  • Foto Nationalmuseum Stockholm
Width 5,228 px
Height 3,348 px
Bits per component
  • 8
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Compression scheme Uncompressed
Pixel composition RGB
Orientation Normal
Number of components 3
Horizontal resolution 300 dpi
Vertical resolution 300 dpi
Data arrangement chunky format
Software used Adobe Photoshop Elements 10.0 Windows
File change date and time 16:38, 5 March 2012
Colour space Uncalibrated
Image height 5,228 px
Image width 3,348 px
Date and time of digitizing 14:10, 1 March 2005
Date metadata was last modified 17:38, 5 March 2012
Unique ID of original document adobe:docid:photoshop:da99de38-8a4a-11d9-ac84-d17fae4852e9
Copyright status Copyrighted
IIM version 2

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