•Demoxstratiox IX Anatomy,"' by Rembrandt 



Conducted by Nicholas Tulp, Professor of Anatomy 

 at Amsterdam, in the year 1632. 



(Painting in the Theatre Anatomique, Amsterdam) 



This justly famous painting represents 

 the Burgomaster Tulp, ghi)ig a lesson in 

 anato)ny to his friends and pupils, Jacob 

 Block, Hartman Hartmanss, Adrien Slab- 

 braan, Jacob de Wit, Matthieu Kalkoen, 

 Jacob Koolveld and Francois van Loenen. 



The grouping of the heads, the character- 

 istic expression of the faces — all artistically 

 arranged though directed toward the one 

 object — the composure of the professor and 

 the enthusiasm of his pupils, render this 

 historic masterpiece, containing so many in- 

 dividual portraits, worthy of all the renozvn 

 which it possesses. 



The above frontispiece is a direct re- 

 production from a famous engraving of the 

 original painting. 



