The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

Group portrait of the Amsterdam surgeons at an anatomy lesson. The men sit and stand around a table on which a corpse lies. Doctor Nicolaes Tulp gives instruction. He has exposed the arm of the corpse and holds up a bundle of arm muscles with a pair of forceps, while making a demonstrative gesture with his other hand. Depicted next to Nicolaes Tulp are the surgeons Jacob Blok, Hartman Hartmansz., Adraen Slabran, Jacob de Witt, Mathijs Kalkoen, Jacob Koolvelt and Frans van Loenen. Inscription in Dutch and French.