The representation of a goiter by Renaissance painter Moretto da Brescia

AbstractAlessandro Bonvicino (c. 1498 –1554), commonly known as Il Moretto da Brescia, was an Italian Renaissance painter. In his “The Adoration of Shepherds” (1539–1540), a shepherd shows a bi-lobar goiter. The painter was active in a geographical area, where inhabitants often suffered from endemic goiter due to dietary iodine deficiency and could have influenced Moretto.

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Source: Journal of Endocrinological Investigation - February 18, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research