| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 271 pages : illustration ; 25 cm |
| Summary |
Set in seventeenth-century Holland, this historical novel imagines the complex story behind one of Rembrandt's most famous paintings. Commissioned by a prominent Amsterdam medical guild, The Anatomical Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp was one of Rembrandt's first paintings to gain public notice; the novel opens on the morning of the medical dissection, and, as they prepare for that evening's big event, follows several characters, including Rembrandt himself. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Local Note |
ENFDFIC |
| Subject |
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669 -- Fiction.
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Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Social conditions -- 17th century -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780385538367 (hbk.) |
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0385538367 (hbk.) |
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