Microbes on Rembrandt's Night Watch

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1. 8 Jul 2019Background

   Rijksmuseum launches Operation Night Watch, a public restoration of Rembrandt

   In July 2019 the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam began its largest research and restoration project on Rembrandt's The Night Watch, done in public view.

2. 23 Jun 2021Background

   Rijksmuseum unveils AI-restored edges of Rembrandt's The Night Watch

   In June 2021 the Rijksmuseum showed The Night Watch with its trimmed edges digitally restored, using AI and a 17th-century copy.

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   10 Nov

   A bacterium from a Japanese sugar refinery turned up on Rembrandt's Night Watch

   Scientists swabbing Rembrandt's masterpiece in Amsterdam found skin and soil microbes, plus one species first described at a sugar factory in Japan.