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Alessandro Bonvicino (c. 1498–1554), commonly known as Il Moretto da Brescia, was an Italian Renaissance painter. In his “The Adoration of Shepherds” (1539–1540), a shepherd shows a bi-lobar goiter. The painter was active in a geographical area, where inhabitants often suffered from endemic goiter due to dietary iodine deficiency and could have influenced Moretto.
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Trinca, F., Riva, M.A. The representation of a goiter by Renaissance painter Moretto da Brescia. J Endocrinol Invest 42, 1133–1134 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-019-01023-8
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