Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Department of Obstetrics, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Am J Med Genet A. 2024 Jul;194(7):e63583. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.63583. Epub 2024 Mar 22.
The 17th century was a time of scientific discovery in Europe. Leading academic centers provided the general population with an opportunity to view anatomic dissections of human bodies. Rather than portray idealized versions of individuals, Dutch painters were committed to accurately representing their models. This was true for Johannes Vermeer. The 2023 exhibition of Vermeer's paintings at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam provided an unprecedented opportunity to observe 28 of his 37 existing paintings simultaneously in person. Here the authors suggest that in at least eight paintings a visibly pregnant woman is present. Vermeer's wife was pregnant or lactating most of the time during their 22-year marriage. Further, evidence of specific medical findings and congenital anomalies such as polydactyly, ectrodactyly, alopecia, kyphosis, and hyperthyroidism were observed in the paintings. These have not been previously reported in the medical or art history literature.
17 世纪是欧洲科学发现的时代。主要的学术中心为普通大众提供了观看人体解剖的机会。荷兰画家致力于准确地描绘他们的模特，而不是描绘理想化的个体。约翰内斯·维米尔就是这样。2023 年，阿姆斯特丹的里特维尔德博物馆举办了维米尔绘画展，为观众提供了一次难得的机会，可以同时亲自观看他现存的 37 幅画作中的 28 幅。在这里，作者建议在至少八幅画中都出现了一位明显怀孕的女性。在他们 22 年的婚姻中，维米尔的妻子大部分时间都处于怀孕或哺乳期。此外，在画作中还观察到了特定的医学发现和先天畸形的证据，如多指畸形、并指畸形、脱发症、脊柱后凸和甲状腺功能亢进症。这些在医学或艺术史文献中以前都没有报道过。
