The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
Rembrandt · 1632
Why it's great
A doctor with a hat demonstrates the muscles of an arm on a dead body, while seven men lean in to watch. Rembrandt painted it in 1632, when he was only 26, and it made him famous in Amsterdam.
Where to see it
📍 MauritshuisThe Hague, Netherlands
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Rembrandt van Rijn was born in Leiden in 1606 and moved to Amsterdam in 1631, where he became the most famous painter in Holland. He painted portraits, Bible stories and over eighty self-portraits, and went bankrupt later in life. He died in Amsterdam in 1669.
