Rembrandt - Aging and sickness: A combined look by plastic surgeons, an art researcher and an internal medicine specialist

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 67-71

  Friedman, Tal ^a,c   Westreich, Melvyn ^a,c   Lurie, Doron J ^b   Golik, Ahuva ^a,c  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Tel Aviv Museum of Art   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Analysis; Rembrandt; Self portraits; Sickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ART; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIES; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PAINTER; SURGEON;

AGING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACE; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEAD POISONING; MEDICINE IN ART; PORTRAITS;

EID: 33847647150     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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