The Waag ("weigh house") is a 15th-century building on Nieuwmarkt square in Amsterdam. It was originally a city gate and part of the walls of Amsterdam. Later it served as a guildhall, museum, fire station and anatomical theatre, among other things.
The Waag is the oldest remaining non-religious building in Amsterdam.[1] The building was listed as a national monument (rijksmonument) in 1970.[2]
The Waag is depicted in Rembrandt's 1632 painting The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp. The surgeons' guild commissioned this painting for their guildhall in the Waag.
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- ^ "Nieuwmarkt 4, 1012 CR te Amsterdam". monumentenregister.cultureelerfgoed.nl (in Dutch). Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap (Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency. Ministry of Education, Culture and Science). Archived from the original on 2023-10-09. Retrieved 26 October 2024.