Trends in neurosciences
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Trends in neurosciences · Jun 1998
Biography Historical ArticleRembrandt's 'The anatomy lesson of Dr. Joan Deijman'.
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.