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The Anatomy Lecture of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

1632: Mauritshuis, The Hague

While the subject matter may seem grotesque, painting the anatomy lessons of the surgeon's guild of Amerstadam was a trend among seventeenth century Dutch artists; tickets were sometimes sold for public dissections.
 
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