Self-Portrait, Staring ,

1630, Copper engraving, 510 x 460 mm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Seated Female Nude ,

c. 1631, Etching, 177 x 160 mm, British Museum, London

The Anatomy Lecture of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp ,

1632, Oil on canvas, 169,5 x 216,5 cm, Mauritshuis, The Hague What would you like to know about this work?

Is there anything that strikes you as odd or unusual? Something begging an explanation?

What connections -- social, cultural, political, economic, historical -- would you like to hear about apropos this work? Connections to our own contemporary culture? Connections to other artists of the same or later periods? Who have you in mind as a possiblity? Reception theory? Connections to its own time period?