Rembrandt painted the large painting "The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq" between 1640 and 1642. This picture was called "De Nachtwacht" by the Dutch and "The Night Watch" by Sir Joshua Reynolds because by the 18th century the picture was so dimmed and defaced that it was almost indistinguishable, and it looked quite like a night scene. After it was cleaned, it was discovered to represent broad day—a party of musketeers stepping from a gloomy courtyard into the blinding sunlight.