Breast Mass in a Rubens Painting

Davide Lazzeri; Donatella Lippi; Manuel Castello; George M Weisz

Breast Mass in a Rubens Painting

Davide Lazzeri, Donatella Lippi, Manuel Castello, George M Weisz

School of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences

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Abstract

Deformity of the breast and axilla observed in famous paintings is a fascinating field for the medico-artists. The attempt of a retrospective diagnosis of breast tumors is highly challenging. This paper deals with a Rubens painting portraying the heroine Judith with a visible but previously unreported left breast mass. Though speculative, the present medico-artistic diagnosis is of a tumor likely to be of benign nature. It is of interest that the present case is the sixth breast disease discovered in Rubens's works.

Original language	English
Article number	e0016
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Journal	Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal
Volume	7
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 2016

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European History (excl. British, Classical Greek and Roman)

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Breast Mass in a Rubens Painting

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