Nightwatching material IV

Peter Greenaway has identified Rembrandt's eye in the Night Watch, in fact this is the final image we are getting. Being a very visual person like Greenaway I can definitely see the point, though our view on the phenomenon of the painting may differ, in that he is looking for a story the painting is telling in its (historical) context whereas I am asking what is it telling me now, what impact does it have on my personal life, what is its eternal present.

Anyway Arthur C Danto, whom I had mentioned in the other post, in his gedankenexperiment and its conclusion is also referring to Rembrandt's eye, so we have basically the same move from the Night Watch to Rembrandt's eye. Danto explains that what distinguishes the original work of art always from the no matter how perfect copy is the artist's eye. In Rembrandt's case, it is to Danto his loving and caring look - especially in his drawings of Hendrikje - in which he shows everything even the signs of physical decay, but never exposes them.