Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy.
J Endocrinol Invest. 2020 Aug;43(8):1179-1180. doi: 10.1007/s40618-020-01217-5. Epub 2020 Mar 10.
Bartolomeo Vivarini (Venezia 1432c.-Venezia 1499c.) was an Italian painter during the Renaissance. The artist was widely influenced by Andrea Mantegna, whose opera was characterized by personages with anatomical details meticulously described.
Some of the most valued paintings of Bartolomeo Vivarini were analyzed. Purpose of the present article is to describe these artworks focusing on female personages represented with thyroid swelling.
A recurring female model in Vivarini's artworks is portrayed with a goitrous neck. This might display a real prevalence of thyroid diseases among young women in the Renaissance age (e.g. postpartum thyroiditis).
Representation of goiter in the artworks of Vivarini and Mantegna reflects the increased anatomic accuracy and knowledge developed in art since Renaissance and Baroque.
巴尔托洛梅奥·维瓦里尼（1432 年生于威尼斯-1499 年卒于威尼斯）是文艺复兴时期的意大利画家。这位艺术家深受安德烈亚·曼特尼亚的影响，后者的作品以人物形象的解剖细节描述得细致入微为特点。
分析了一些最受推崇的巴尔托洛梅奥·维瓦里尼的画作。本文旨在通过重点关注表现甲状腺肿大的女性人物形象来描述这些艺术作品。
在维瓦里尼的艺术作品中，经常出现脖子肿大的女性模特。这可能表明在文艺复兴时期，年轻女性中甲状腺疾病的实际发病率较高（例如产后甲状腺炎）。
维瓦里尼和曼特尼亚的作品中对甲状腺肿的描绘反映了自文艺复兴和巴洛克时期以来艺术中解剖学准确性和知识的提高。
