The Anatomy Lesson

by Nina Siegal

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804169233
• ISBN13: 9780804169233
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.1" x 8.9"