The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

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group portrait painting

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp is a 1632 group portrait by Rembrandt depicting a public dissection in Amsterdam, celebrated for its dramatic lighting and psychological realism.

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Surface form Occurrences
Anatomy lessons for the Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons 1
De anatomische les van Dr. Nicolaes Tulp 1
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Deijman 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group portrait ⓘ
painting ⓘ
appliedOn canvas ⓘ
artHistoricalPeriod Dutch Golden Age ⓘ
author Rembrandt van Rijn ⓘ
surface form: Rembrandt
collection Mauritshuis ⓘ
colorPalette predominantly browns and muted tones ⓘ
commissionedBy Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons ⓘ
surgeons of Amsterdam ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic ⓘ
creator Rembrandt van Rijn ⓘ
surface form: Rembrandt
depicts Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons ⓘ
surface form: Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons members

Dr. Nicolaes Tulp ⓘ
Dr. Tulp demonstrating arm musculature ⓘ
anatomical textbook ⓘ
anatomy lesson ⓘ
contrast between life and death ⓘ
corpse of Aris Kindt ⓘ
public dissection ⓘ
spectators focusing on the dissection ⓘ
genre Baroque painting ⓘ
hasSignificance iconic image of early modern medicine ⓘ
key work in Rembrandt’s rise to fame ⓘ
hasTitleInDutch The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: De anatomische les van Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
hasTitleInEnglish The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp self-link ⓘ
inception 1632 ⓘ
influenced group portrait conventions in Dutch painting ⓘ
later medical portraiture ⓘ
lightingStyle single strong light source ⓘ
locatedIn Mauritshuis ⓘ
location The Hague ⓘ
locationOfCreation Amsterdam ⓘ
mainSubject anatomy ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
public dissection ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Dutch Golden Age painting ⓘ
notableFor chiaroscuro ⓘ
dramatic lighting ⓘ
group portrait composition ⓘ
psychological realism ⓘ
originalLanguage none ⓘ
partOf Rembrandt’s early Amsterdam period ⓘ
subjectOf extensive art historical analysis ⓘ

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Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons → commissionedWork → The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp ⓘ
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subject surface form: Nicolaes Tulp
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this entity surface form: De anatomische les van Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp → hasTitleInEnglish → The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp self-link ⓘ
Dr. Nicolaes Tulp → notableWork → The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp ⓘ
subject surface form: Nicolaes Tulp
this entity surface form: Anatomy lessons for the Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons
Rembrandt van Rijn → notableWork → The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp ⓘ
Mauritshuis → notableWorkInCollection → The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp ⓘ
Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons → subjectOf → The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp ⓘ
Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons → subjectOf → The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Deijman