Following five years of research using techniques such as digital imaging and artificial intelligence, eight restorers will begin "Operation Night Watch" by removing the varnish from the painting - in full view of the public, within the glass-enclosed space in The Night Watch Room.

The second phase of the Rijksmuseum’s Operation Night Watch ... during the first phase of Operation Night Watch—which began in 2019—chemists from Holland’s University of Amsterdam (UvA) worked out how Rembrandt managed to embellish the painting ...

After five years of exhaustive research, a team of eight restorers are starting a grand preservation project on Rembrandt’s 1642 masterpiece, ‘The Night Watch’ at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.