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Rembrandt's group portrait shows surgeons observing a dissection led by a named doctor.

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Your new ahaThe Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

Rembrandt's Anatomy Lesson group portrait was one of his earliest major commissions, depicting a public dissection. Source: The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp ↗

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