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The Night Watch (Rembrandt) (lemmy.ca)
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Higher res version available at wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Watch

I fell in love with this painting due to the Ayreon Song: https://ayreon.bandcamp.com/track/the-shooting-company-of-captain-frans-b-cocq

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[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Which one is Commander Vimes?

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I mean... It might have been inspiration for the cover....

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The Wikipedia article actually makes reference to this

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 2 points 4 days ago

I'm going to have to look at my copy when I get home now. And check if the Koom Valley painting from thud is a reference to anything that actually existed....

The Night Watch is parodied on the British cover of Terry Pratchett's 2002 book by the same name. The cover illustrator, Paul Kidby, pays tribute to his predecessor Josh Kirby[22][23][24] by placing him in the picture, in the position where Rembrandt is said to have painted himself. A copy of the original painting appears on the back cover of the book.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 5 days ago

Dammit Pratchett, you snuck some culture into me AGAIN you tricky bastard!