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The '''Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp''' is a well-known painting of the Dutch artist [[Rembrandt van Rijn]]. The original, dating from 1632, is in the museum ''Mauritshuis'' in [[The Hague]], [[The Netherlands]]. The painting depicts a lecture in [[Human anatomy|anatomy]] delivered by Dr. Nicolaes Tulp to a group of surgeons. The public lecture took place in ''De Waag'' (weighing house) in [[Amsterdam]] | The '''Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp''' is a well-known painting of the Dutch artist [[Rembrandt van Rijn]]. The original, dating from 1632, is in the museum ''Mauritshuis'' in [[The Hague]], [[The Netherlands]]. The painting depicts a lecture in [[Human anatomy|anatomy]] delivered by Dr. Nicolaes Tulp to a group of surgeons. The public lecture took place in ''De Waag'' (weighing house) in [[Amsterdam]], which at that time possessed an anatomic theater. The painting is the first group portrait by the then 26-year old Rembrandt. Depicted are the surgeons: Jacob Blok, Hartman Hartmansz, Adriaan Slabberaan, Jacob de Witt, Matthys Kalkoen, Jacob Koolveld and Frans van Loenen, and of course, the lecturer Dr. Tulp. | ||
The dissected body is that of Adriaan Adriaansz. (alias Aris ’t Kint), who had been hanged earlier that day (January, 1632) because of | The dissected body is that of the 28-year old Adriaan Adriaansz. (alias Aris ’t Kint), who had been hanged earlier that day (January, 1632) because of "grave assault and battery that endangered the life of a man whose cloak he had tried to take with the aid of another criminal".<ref> | ||
Dolores Mitchell, ''Rembrandt's "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp": A Sinner among the Righteous'', | |||
Artibus et Historiae, Vol. '''15''', No. 30 , pp. 145–156 (1994) | |||
[http://www.jstor.org/stable/1483478 Jstor] </ref> The Amsterdam Surgeons' Guild allowed one public dissection per year and the body that was dissected had to be the remains of an executed criminal. | |||
The painting had been in the possession of the Surgeons' Guild for almost two centuries, when the Guild was dissolved in 1798, and the work came into the hands of the widow fund of the Guild. Twenty years later, in 1828, it was decided to auction the painting to support the widow fund with its proceeds.<ref>Claus Volkenandt, ''Rembrandt: Anatomie eines Bildes'', Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munchen (2004). [http://books.google.nl/books?id=ZSHE5pdwSlsC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=anatomische+les+van+dr.+nicolaes+tulp&source=bl&ots=F6zySpeSO-&sig=VlUTkyEUCKhfePXG_PBK8H8NZEo&hl=nl&ei=AwkdS4SGAcrA-Qb_nqndDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ6AEwADhk#v=onepage&q=anatomische%20les%20van%20dr.%20nicolaes%20tulp&f=false Google books]</ref> However, the Dutch King [[Willem I]] prohibited its auction and instead ordered its purchase for his ''Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen'' (Royal Gallery of Paintings), that was open to the public and had moved a few years earlier (1822) to the ''Mauritshuis''. The painting was bought for 32,000 dfl. Since then it has been on display in the Mauritshuis. | |||
In 2006 the left lower arm of a cadaver of a 41-year white male was dissected and photographs were made of the different stages of the the dissection that were compared with the painting. It was found that the anatomical characteristics of the painting could not be reproduced. | Over the years the work has been subjected to several iconological studies. For instance, in Ref.<ref>W. S. Heckscher, ''Rembrandt's Anatomy of Dr. Tulp. An Iconological Study'', New York University Press (1958).</ref> it is argued that Tulp requested Rembrandt to portray him as [[Vesalius]] reborn. In 2006 the left lower arm of a cadaver of a 41-year white male was dissected and photographs were made of the different stages of the the dissection that were compared with the painting. It was found that the anatomical characteristics of the painting could not be reproduced. | ||
<ref>F.F. A. IJpma, R. C. van de Graaf, J.-P. A. Nicolai, and M. F. Meek, ''The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt (1632): A Comparison of the Painting With a Dissected Left Forearm of a Dutch Male Cadaver'', The Journal of Hand Surgery, Vol. '''31''', pp. 882-891 (2006) [http://www.jhandsurg.org/article/S0363-5023%2806%2900293-0/abstract On line abstract]</ref> | <ref>F.F. A. IJpma, R. C. van de Graaf, J.-P. A. Nicolai, and M. F. Meek, ''The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt (1632): A Comparison of the Painting With a Dissected Left Forearm of a Dutch Male Cadaver'', The Journal of Hand Surgery, Vol. '''31''', pp. 882-891 (2006) [http://www.jhandsurg.org/article/S0363-5023%2806%2900293-0/abstract On line abstract]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 02:42, 8 December 2009
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp is a well-known painting of the Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn. The original, dating from 1632, is in the museum Mauritshuis in The Hague, The Netherlands. The painting depicts a lecture in anatomy delivered by Dr. Nicolaes Tulp to a group of surgeons. The public lecture took place in De Waag (weighing house) in Amsterdam, which at that time possessed an anatomic theater. The painting is the first group portrait by the then 26-year old Rembrandt. Depicted are the surgeons: Jacob Blok, Hartman Hartmansz, Adriaan Slabberaan, Jacob de Witt, Matthys Kalkoen, Jacob Koolveld and Frans van Loenen, and of course, the lecturer Dr. Tulp.
The dissected body is that of the 28-year old Adriaan Adriaansz. (alias Aris ’t Kint), who had been hanged earlier that day (January, 1632) because of "grave assault and battery that endangered the life of a man whose cloak he had tried to take with the aid of another criminal".[1] The Amsterdam Surgeons' Guild allowed one public dissection per year and the body that was dissected had to be the remains of an executed criminal.
The painting had been in the possession of the Surgeons' Guild for almost two centuries, when the Guild was dissolved in 1798, and the work came into the hands of the widow fund of the Guild. Twenty years later, in 1828, it was decided to auction the painting to support the widow fund with its proceeds.[2] However, the Dutch King Willem I prohibited its auction and instead ordered its purchase for his Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen (Royal Gallery of Paintings), that was open to the public and had moved a few years earlier (1822) to the Mauritshuis. The painting was bought for 32,000 dfl. Since then it has been on display in the Mauritshuis.
Over the years the work has been subjected to several iconological studies. For instance, in Ref.[3] it is argued that Tulp requested Rembrandt to portray him as Vesalius reborn. In 2006 the left lower arm of a cadaver of a 41-year white male was dissected and photographs were made of the different stages of the the dissection that were compared with the painting. It was found that the anatomical characteristics of the painting could not be reproduced. [4]
External link
http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?siteid=40
References
- ↑ Dolores Mitchell, Rembrandt's "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp": A Sinner among the Righteous, Artibus et Historiae, Vol. 15, No. 30 , pp. 145–156 (1994) Jstor
- ↑ Claus Volkenandt, Rembrandt: Anatomie eines Bildes, Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munchen (2004). Google books
- ↑ W. S. Heckscher, Rembrandt's Anatomy of Dr. Tulp. An Iconological Study, New York University Press (1958).
- ↑ F.F. A. IJpma, R. C. van de Graaf, J.-P. A. Nicolai, and M. F. Meek, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt (1632): A Comparison of the Painting With a Dissected Left Forearm of a Dutch Male Cadaver, The Journal of Hand Surgery, Vol. 31, pp. 882-891 (2006) On line abstract
W. S. Heckscher, Rembrandt's Anatomy of Dr. Tulp. An Iconological Study, New York University Press (1958).