[Different forms of microtia depicted on a Flemish altar piece of the 15th century in Ghent].
An alterpiece created by the master of the Wenemaer Triptych, a painter from the Flemish school in the second half of the 15th century, is displayed in the Museum for Fine Arts of Ghent. The triptych comprises five parts with scenes of the life of Christ. The artist painted all the faces with portrait-like features, including anatomical details of the auricles. My medical attention was attracted to deformed auricles depicted in nine of the 41 persons from all age groups. There are good arguments to support the hypothesis that persons with various types of microtia had been models for the painter.
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Sektion Rhinologie und Rhonchopathlen, HNO-Universitätsklinik Ulm.
D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000266:history; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D049668:History, 15th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D010151:Paintings / Q000266:history*; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D013557:Switzerland