"The pup is in a 1619 drawing by Adriaen van de Venne (15901662), and while there are some differences in the two designs, the dogs share a very specific head angle, expression, posture and collar, and the chalk sketch under The Night Watch exposed by Macro-XRF imagine, shows Rembrandt's original design was even more similar to Van de Venne's. The original dog was discovered by researchers working on Operation Night Watch, the Rijksmuseum's multi-year, multi-disciplinary project of study and conservation of Rembrandt's monumental masterpiece."
"The drawing caught the eye of Anne Lenders, Rijksmuseum curator of 17th century Dutch paintings, when she happened upon it at an exhibition dedicated to Adriaen van de Venne, a Dutch Golden Age painter and book illustrator who was famous in Rembrandt's time and continuing through the 18th century. The dog was part of frontispiece of Self-Conflict, or, The Powerful Motions Between the Flesh & Spirit Represented in the Person and upon the Occasion of Joseph when by Potiphar's Wife He Was Enticed to Adultery"
Rembrandt's barking dog in The Night Watch corresponds closely to a 1619 drawing by Adriaen van de Venne held by the Rijksmuseum. The two depictions share a specific head angle, expression, low forequarters posture, raised head with open mouth, and a similar collar. Macro-XRF imagine of The Night Watch revealed an underdrawing that aligns even more closely with Van de Venne's design. Researchers from Operation Night Watch identified the original after curator Anne Lenders noticed the drawing at a Van de Venne exhibition. The drawing served as the frontispiece for Jacob Cats's 1620 poem Self-Conflict and shows the dog at Joseph's feet, mirroring the painting's pose.
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