The Anatomy Lesson (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780804169233)

A single day in Amsterdam, 1632. The Surgeons' Guild has commissioned a young artist named Rembrandt to paint Dr. Nicolaes Tulp as he performs a medical dissection. In the swirl of anticipation and intrigue surrounding the event, we meet an extraordinary constellation of men and women whose lives hinge, in some way, on Dr. Tulp's anatomy lesson. There is Aris the Kid, the condemned coat thief whose body is to be used for the dissection; Flora, his pregnant lover; Jan Fetchet, the curio dealer who acquires corpses for the doctor's work; the great Ren Descartes, who will attend the dissection in his quest to understand where the human soul resides; and the Dutch master himself, who feels a shade uneasy about this assignment.
As the story builds to its dramatic conclusion, circumstances conspire to produce a famous painting--and an immortal painter. Vividly rendered, masterfully written, The Anatomy Lesson is a story of mind and body, death and love--and redemptive power of art.

Author: Nina Siegal
ISBN-10: 0804169233
ISBN-13: 9780804169233
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 12/02/2014
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.90h x 4.10w x 0.60d