Nicolaes Tulp | |
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Born | Claes Pieterszoon 9 October 1593 |
Died | 12 September 1674 | (aged 80)
Nationality | Dutch |
Alma mater | University of Leiden |
Known for | Mayor of Amsterdam, subject of Rembrandt painting |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physician, surgeon, writer, pharmacist, politics |
Institutions | University of Leiden, Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons |
Nicolaes Tulp (9 October 1593 – 12 September 1674) was a Dutch surgeon and mayor of Amsterdam. Tulp was well known for his upstanding moral character[1] and as the subject of Rembrandt's famous painting The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp.