limn » art http://www.limn.org.uk Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:14:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Medical Conditions in Paintings http://www.limn.org.uk/2009/04/medical-conditions-in-paintings/ http://www.limn.org.uk/2009/04/medical-conditions-in-paintings/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:08:38 +0000 neal http://www.limn.org.uk/2009/04/medical-conditions-in-paintings/

Rembrandt: Self Portrait at the Age of 63, 1669 (oil on canvas) National Gallery, London—The subtle faint red spots on his cheeks and blotchy telangectasis under his right eye indicate rosacea

Hogarth: Marriage A-la-Mode, about 1743-1745 (oil on canvas) National Gallery, London—Syphilis, in particular gummatous sores covered by black beauty spots

Bronzino: An Allegory with Venus and Cupid, probably 1540-50 (oil on wood) National Gallery, London—Syphilis, in particular tabes dorsalis and general paralysis

Raphael: Portrait of a Young Woman (La Fornarina), 1518-1520 (oil on wood) Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Rome—Breast cancer and lymphoedema of the left arm

Jacques-Louis David: Various self portraits. Malignant transformation of a pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland with associated facial nerve palsy

except from Cook C. Diagnosis in painting. Student BMJ 2009;17:96-97

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