"Rembrandt's J'accuse.
There is a conspiracy painted in Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch'. The sinister title of the painting alone suggests we should look for it. And we should listen to the sound-track of the painting. Amongst all the hullabaloo, the dogs barking, the drummer drumming, the clattering of thirteen pikes, the hallowing of Banning Cocq, the loudest sound is of a musket shot. You can see the flame of the firing, bursting forth behind the head of the foreground shining figure in yellow, who carries the head of his halberd where his prick should be, and whose belly is groped by the shadow of the hand of his companion. Where did the bullet go?" (Peter Greenaway)
This publication, which accompanied an installation at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam during the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Rembrandt's birth, is Greenaway's exiting story about what this world famous painting by Rembrandt van Rijn is all about and a fascinating tour in detail through what is probably the third most celebrated painting in the Western World.