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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn: The Anatomy Lesson of Joan Deyman

🖼 The Anatomy Lesson of Joan Deyman, 1656
Oil on canvas
100 × 134 cm
Amsterdam, Netherlands

A surgeon dissects a corpse before Amsterdam's medical guild, rendered in dramatic chiaroscuro with anatomical precision. This public anatomy demonstration elevated medical science to high art, establishing the genre as socially significant portraiture.

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