title: Rembrandt's 'The anatomy lesson of Dr. Joan Deijman'.
abstract: Rembrandt's striking painting of a human brain being dissected by a headless figure is actually a fragment of a larger work. The original was both a commissioned group portrait of a surgeons' guild and an account of a public dissection. Such dissections served both educational and entertainment functions in 17th century Holland.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Psychology, Princeton University, NJ 08544, USA.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history*; D001154:Art / Q000266:history*; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D049670:History, 17th Century; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D009426:Netherlands; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000266:history