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Nicolaes Tulp
Dutch surgeon and former mayor of Amsterdam
Nicolaes Tulp (9 October 1593 – 12 September 1674) was a Dutch surgeon and mayor of Amsterdam.
Tulp was well known for his upstanding moral character[1] and as the subject of Rembrandt's famous painting The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp.
Life
Born Claes Pieterszoon, he was the son of a prosperous merchant active in civic affairs in Amsterdam.
From 1611 to 1614 he studied medicine in Leiden.
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When he returned to Amsterdam he became a respected doctor. In 1616, he built a home at Keizersgracht 210, named De Tulp, and it is still standing today. In 1617 he married Aafge van der Voegh. An ambitious young man, he adopted the tulip as his heraldric emblem and changed his name to Nicolaes (a more proper version of the name Claes) Tulp.
He began working in local politics as city treasurer, and in 1622, became a magistrate in Amsterdam.
Career as a physician
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