Did Michelangelo paint a young adult woman with breast cancer in “The Flood” (Sistine Chapel, Rome)? The Flood is the first pictorial scene that Michelangelo Buonarroti painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. On the right side of …

Saw this in The Week - and finally put a name to the super interesting practice of "pinpointing medical conditions in significant artworks" - iconodiagnosis!

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