title: Hemidystonia - hemiatrophy syndrome in Domenico Morone's Madonna with child.
abstract: The authors present an image of the Madonna and Child painted by one of the less well-known Italian artists of the Renaissance. The appearance of the child in this work raises the question of whether his obvious physical deformities were deliberately portrayed as an empathic gesture toward children with disabilities. Various retrospective diagnoses of the child's condition are enumerated, one of which is considered more probable.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine , Center for Medical Humanities, University of Florence , Italy .
authors.forename: Donatella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lippi
authors.affiliation: a Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine , Center for Medical Humanities, University of Florence , Italy .|b Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Villa Salaria Clinic , Rome , Italy .
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lazzeri
authors.affiliation: c School of Humanities, University of New England , Armidale, New South Wales , Australia , and.
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Albury
authors.affiliation: c School of Humanities, University of New England , Armidale, New South Wales , Australia , and.|d School of Humanities and Languages, University of New South Wales , Sydney, New South Wales , Australia.
authors.forename: George M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Weisz
mesh_terms: D005150:Facial Hemiatrophy; D006429:Hemiplegia; D049668:History, 15th Century; D007558:Italy; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D010151:Paintings / Q000266:history*; D013577:Syndrome
keywords: Domenico Morone; Renaissance; hemidystonia–hemiatrophy syndrome; malformation; medico-artistic