Nicolaus Tulp demonstrating anatomy to seven syndics of the Surgeon's Guild of Amsterdam. Mezzotint after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632.

1 print : mezzotint ; image 35.6 x 53.3 cm, platemark 45.2 x 58.7 cm

[State without letters].

Possibly by Jean Baptiste Alfred Cornilliet (1807-1887), as the impression catalogued has the same image size as the impression in the catalogue of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. However, the Bibliographie de la France (loc. cit.) gives the date of publication of that print as 1864, whereas an impression of the print at the Wellcome Library bears an inscription clearly dated 1854. Could there have been an earlier issue of the mezzotint?

Bibliographie de la France, 12 mars 1864, no. 534 ("Leçon d'anatomie (la). Gravée par {Cornilliet}, d'après {Rembrandt}. Paris, impr. {A. Chardon} ; {E. Jouy}")--Image of France database no. 78879

Wellcome Collection 545967i