As a dutch person it feels terrible to see the name of the art work translated to English. The dutch know this art work as the "nacht wacht".
The tech behind this all is very impressive non the less.
The tech behind this all is very impressive non the less.
So if you ask a random Dutch person what kind of music he likes it is on default English other wise he will tell you specific. For the few words that we still use the dutch words to foreigners we have the opposite. We like to use the dutch word and don't translate it because it is just be a bit strange.
At the time it was controversial, because normally such militias standing in a nice orderly fashion. Rembrand instead chose to paint this chaos, and apparently the people who commissioned it weren't happy.
At some point two sides were cut off to make it fit in a smaller room, and when it was rediscovered, it was very dark due to the many layers of old varnish. There's where it got the name "Nacht Wacht". Restoration of the painting made it a lot brighter again.
The name stuck, though. The original title is a bit cumbersome.