title: "The Penitent Magdalene": Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652).
abstract: Jusepe or Jòse de Ribera (1591-1652), known as Lo Spagnoletto ("the Little Spaniard"), has been a leading painter of the Spanish Baroque movement. In one of the portraits, de Ribera represented a scene in which the Magdalene shows a swelling at the base of the neck suggestive of a thyroid nodule.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy. dr.fabionicoli@gmail.com.|Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Villa Salaria Clinic, Rome, Italy. dr.fabionicoli@gmail.com.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nicoli
authors.affiliation: Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Villa Salaria Clinic, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lazzeri
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D010151:Paintings / Q000266:history*; D013030:Spain; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Goitre; Medical diagnosis; Painting; de Ribera