De overlieden van het Amsterdamse Chirurgijnsgilde

During the Golden Age, the Amsterdam Surgeons Guild ordered a large number of group portraits, mostly anatomy lessons. This painting was produced between September 1679 and September 1680, when the surgeons portrayed were headmen of the guild. The best known of the six is unquestionably Govert Bidloo (1649-1713). He is the man seated in front of the table with one leg nonchalantly crossed over the other. Bidloo was to receive the degree of doctor of medicine in 1682. His name is linked principally to the Anatomia humani corporis, a book on human anatomy published by him in 1684 and illustrated by Gérard de Lairesse. The painting is attributed to Nicolaes Maes. It is his only known group portrait. The initiative for the commission probably came from Bidloo.

De overlieden van het Amsterdamse Chirurgijnsgilde

During the Golden Age, the Amsterdam Surgeons Guild ordered a large number of group portraits, mostly anatomy lessons. This painting was produced between September 1679 and September 1680, when the surgeons portrayed were headmen of the guild. The best known of the six is unquestionably Govert Bidloo (1649-1713). He is the man seated in front of the table with one leg nonchalantly crossed over the other. Bidloo was to receive the degree of doctor of medicine in 1682. His name is linked principally to the Anatomia humani corporis, a book on human anatomy published by him in 1684 and illustrated by Gérard de Lairesse. The painting is attributed to Nicolaes Maes. It is his only known group portrait. The initiative for the commission probably came from Bidloo.