The anatomy lesson of Dr. Joan Deijman, Rembrandt, 1656

Rembrandt’s second anatomy lesson is a fragment of a group portrait. In 1723 most of the canvas was destroyed by fire. The remaining central section shows dr jan deijman performing an autopsy on a dead men’s brains. The assistant is holding the top of the skull. Rembrandt has presented the dead man in a foreshortening so that the dissecting table appears to be protruding out of the picture. Object Type: painting. Genre: group portrait. Date: 1656. Dimensions: height: 100 cm (39.3 in) ; width: 134 cm (52.7 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Jan Deyman. Collection: Amsterdam Museum. Dr Deijman’s Anatomy Lesson (fragment), by Rembrandt