Rembrandt: arms and armor in his work

[Matchlock]

Hi Jim,

Thank you so much for another learned post on illustrative sources of Antique A&A! Thanks a lot too for pointing out the still widely neglected fact that, according to current knowledge some analysts came up with a coupe of years ago, The Man in the Golden Helmet is not actually the master's own work but that of his school.

From my field of expertise, I wish to contribute Rembrandt's famous work Vigil, in which he satirically portrayed the honorable Amsterdam Town Guild as a bunch of disorderly guys unsuspectingly caught by the artist in 1642

Please note the characteristic long matchlock muskets, the musketeer's bandolier and the other pieces of arms & armor.

Best,
Michael