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 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.

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 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