# The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt van Rijn

- Created: 1632
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Where to see it: Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands — https://worldmuseumguide.org/museums/mauritshuis/

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp is an oil painting by Rembrandt van Rijn, painted in 1632 when the artist was 26 years old. It depicts Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, the official city anatomist of Amsterdam, performing a public dissection of the arm of a recently executed criminal, Aris Kindt. Seven observers crowd around the table. The painting is in the Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands, and is Rembrandt's first major group portrait and one of his earliest masterpieces.

Updated 2026-07-18. Source: https://worldmuseumguide.org/artworks/the-anatomy-lesson/ — World Museum Guide.