The original, signed and dated 1642, on canvas, 363 x 437 cm, is in the Rijksmuseum since 1808 (on loan from the City of Amsterdam). It originally hung in the Great Hall of the Kolveniersdoelen, Amsterdam and was later moved to the Town Hall. At that occasion the painting was trimmed at the left side and at the bottom, in order to fit in the war council room. The present copy is painted after the size of the original had been reduced (see A. Bredius revised by H. Gerson, Rembrandt The complete edition of the Paintings, 1969, p. 324, no. Br 410, with ill.)

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