The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
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Mauritshuis, The Hague
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The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp is a 1632 oil painting on canvas by Rembrandt housed in the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, Netherlands. It was originally created to be displayed by the Surgeons Guild in their meeting room. The Surgeons' Widow Fund had planned to sell the painting in 1828, but this was blocked by royal decree of King William I. The Dutch state purchased it instead for 32,000 guilders and placed it in the Mauritshuis. The painting is regarded as one of Rembrandt's early masterpieces.
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In the work, Nicolaes Tulp is pictured explaining the musculature of the arm to a group of doctors. Some of the spectators are various doctors who paid commissions to be included in the painting. The painting is signed in the top-left hand corner Rembrant. f[ecit] 1632. This may be the first instance of Rembrandt signing a painting with his forename (in its original form) as opposed to the monogram RHL (Rembrandt Harmenszoon of Leiden).
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Image: Rembrandt; Wikimedia Commons · public domain