Nicolaes Tulp

Nicolaes Tulp
Nicolaes Tulp by Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy (1633).
Born
Claes Pieterszoon

(1593-10-09)9 October 1593
Died12 September 1674(1674-09-12) (aged 80)
NationalityDutch
Alma materUniversity of Leiden
Known forMayor of Amsterdam, subject of Rembrandt painting
Scientific career
FieldsPhysician, surgeon, writer, pharmacist, politics
InstitutionsUniversity 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.