Throughout the work symbolism is represented. Frans and Pieter painted the guards in action in 1637. “The Night Watch” is portraying the Amsterdam’s local militia in a group portrait. Rembrandt originally portrayed the men in action in his work. The arrangement of the painting shows the importance of it to the Dutch, it is a national treasure. Rembrandt was first to depict the men in action in striking dynamic poses. After the dirt was taken off the painting the daytime setting was visible to the audience. The girl wearing the golden dress symbolizes the mascot of the militia. With large claws the girl carried a dead chicken and a pistol in her belt symbolizing the kloveniers or arquebusiers. The figure whose beret and eyes are barely seen
