M0014435: Model of a dissection scene, after "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp" by Rembrandt, 1632

Date:
January 1956
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/128/84
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M0014435: Model of a dissection scene, after "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp" by Rembrandt, 1632. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced January 2022: A dissection scene after "The Anatomy Lesson" by Rembrandt

Description

Photograph of a model, ivory on wood, of a dissection scene showing Nicholas Tulp lecturing to members of the Surgeons's Guild at Amsterdam, 1632. It is based on the Rembrandt oil painting "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp". The item was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1932 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R2338/1936). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

January 1956

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R2338/1936 (image 151)

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Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

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Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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