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Did Michelangelo paint a woman with breast cancer in the Sistine Chapel in Rome?
Nov 5, 2024, 14:29

Did Michelangelo paint a woman with breast cancer in the Sistine Chapel in Rome?

Elisa Agostinetto posted on X about recent paper by Andreas G. Nerlich et al., titled “Did Michelangelo paint a young adult woman with breast cancer in “The Flood” (Sistine Chapel, Rome)?” published on The Breast Online.

Authors: Andreas G. Nerlich, Johann C. Dewaal, Antonio Perciaccante, Laura Cortesi, Serena Di Cosimo, Judith Wimmer, Simon T. Donell, Raffaella Bianucci

Did Michelangelo paint a woman with breast cancer in the Sistine Chapel in Rome?

Did Michelangelo paint a woman with breast cancer in the Sistine Chapel in Rome?

 Nice article in The Breast Online

 The breast has consistently held a significant role in artistic representations and, in this case, also in its pathologies.”

Dr. Elisa Agostinetto, is a medical oncologist, specializing in breast cancer research. Elisa Agostinetto is a Medical Research Fellow at the University Hospital of Brussels since November 2021. Additionally, she has serves as a Clinical Research Fellow at Jules Bordet Institute. Her work focuses on clinical research in oncology, likely involving various aspects of cancer treatment and patient care. Actively engaged in professional societies like ESMO, ASCO, and BSMO, she also contributes as a young investigator in the EORTC Breast Cancer Working Group and as a Committee member of the Young Cancer Professionals within the European Cancer Organization.