The anatomy lesson of Dr Tulp is one of the most famous paintings by Rembrandt. A detailed examination of the scene leads us to believe that Dr Tulp was demonstrating the function of the flexor digitorum superficialis. Therefore, the painting is a true lesson in physiology which is in keeping with the spirit of the 17th century, which was the century in which the modern theory of movement in ph...

ON THE RIGHT of Rembrandt's anatomy-picture of 1632 (P1. 2) the physician Nicolaes Tuip, doctor of medicine (Leiden) and praelector anatomiae to the Amsterdam guild of surgeons, demonstrates a dissection of the forearm of a corpse. To the left of him we see seven surgeons of Amsterdam who are identified as such from the list of names on the paper held by one of them. Each name on the list is nu...

In the first part of article, I examine Rembrandt’s Belshazzar’s Feast in light Butor’s interpretation sight/blindness paradox. second then outline numerous ways which flourishes own L’Emploi du temps. While researchers have highlighted importance biblical intertextualities this novel – Cain and Abel, Babel, Apocalypse has been largely overlooked, despite being central to text. Through a detail...