Lecture by Nicolaas Tulp, of the Anatomical Institute, Amsterdam, to pupils gathered round a table, on which lies the dead body of a man which he has partly dissected. Eight figures, those in foreground seen half-length, all portraits. Rembrandt's fame dates from this picture, which is remarkable in composition, expression, execution, and beauty of colouring. Painted for Guild of Surgeons, Amsterdam; in their hall until 1828, when sold to king for 36,000 florins. Etched by L. Flameng. Engraved by J. de Frey. Similar subject previously painted by Aert Pietersen (1603), Thomas de Keyser (1619); Nicolaas Elias (1625), and Pieter van Mirevelt (1617).—Kugler (Crowe), ii. 368; Ch. Blanc, Rembrandt, 379; Mollett, 23; Smith, vii. 61; Fromentin, Les Maîtres d'autrefois, 291; Vosmaer, 23, 425.
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Lesson in Anatomy, Rembrandt, National Gallery, Amsterdam.
ANAXANDER, painter, date unknown.
Mentioned as by no means without reputation.—Pliny,
xxxv. 40 [146]; Brunn, ii.
300.
ANAXANDRA, painter, daughter of Nealces,
lived about 200 B. C. Worked in Cicyon
and in Egypt.—Clem. Alexandr. Strom., iv.
124; Brunn, ii. 291.
ANAXENOR, painter, of Magnesia, date
unknown. Name recorded, through a laughable
mistake, in the inscription on his portrait
of a singer.—Eustath. ad Od., p. 1622-38.
ANCHER, ANNA (née Brondum), born
at Skagen, Denmark, Aug. 18, 1859. Figure
painter, pupil in Copenhagen of Kyhn,
married in 1880 to genre painter Michael
A. Works: Old Man cutting Pegs, Old
Woman from Skagen (before 1880); Mother
and Child, Coffee is ready
(1881).—Sigurd Müller, 8.
ANCHER, MICHAEL
PETER, born at Ruthsker
Sogn, near Bornholm, Denmark,
June 9, 1849. Genre
painter, pupil of Copenhagen
Academy. Works:
A Lying-in-Room in Jutland
(1874); Tavern Scene
(1875); Fishermen launching
Lifeboat (1876); Lay
Preacher conducting Divine
Service on Skagen
Beach (1877); Fisherboy
returning from Seagull
Hunt, Sunday Evening on
the Beach (1878); Two
Young Girls, Boys at Meal
(1879); Mother's Reading Lesson, Will He
clear the Point? (1880); Figures in a Landscape,
Old Man laughing, Infant Class at
Skagen (1881).—Sigurd Müller, 12; Illustr.
Zeitg. (1882), ii. 163.
ANDERSON, A. A., born in New York,
Aug. 11, 1847. Portrait and figure painter;
studied in 1873 under Bonnat in Paris.
Studio in New York. Ideal Works: Street
Scene in Cairo (1875); Young Oriental
(1876); Palm Sunday (1878); De la Richesse
à la Pauvreté, Café Lion d'Or, Paris (1883).
Portraits: Mrs. A. A. A. (Salon, 1877); E. D.
Morgan; Nathaniel Hawk; H. B. Claflin.
ANDERSSON, NILS, born in East Gothland
in 1817, died in Vaxholm, near Stockholm,
June 19, 1865. Landscape and genre
painter, pupil of the Stockholm Academy;
made an art tour through Europe in 1851,
and studied in Paris in 1854-56. After his