The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

Rembrandt van Rijn

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (Rembrandt van Rijn) — The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp · Rembrandt van Rijn · 1632.

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About this work

Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669)
Year: 1632
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 169.5 × 216.5 cm
Collection: Mauritshuis, The Hague
Movement: Dutch Golden Age

Dr Nicolaes Tulp, the city anatomist of Amsterdam, lifts the tendons of a dissected forearm with his forceps and explains their action to seven members of the surgeons' guild, who crowd around the pale corpse of an executed criminal, Aris Kindt, on the table. Rembrandt painted the group portrait in 1632, the year after he moved from Leiden to Amsterdam, and it was his first major commission in the city; he was twenty-five. Instead of a row of faces he arranged the surgeons in a pyramid of attention, lit from the left, each reacting to the demonstration. The anatomy of the arm is accurate, though the dissection would in practice have begun with the abdomen. The canvas hung in the guild's anatomy theatre until 1828, when it was bought for the Mauritshuis.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 18×12, 24×16 in • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp in the public domain?

Yes. Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Mauritshuis.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp painted, and in what medium?

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp dates from 1632 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 169.5 × 216.5 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (Rembrandt van Rijn) — The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp · Rembrandt van Rijn · 1632. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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