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Can a Christ child have Down syndrome?
Author(s) -
Skotko Brian G.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
american journal of medical genetics part c: seminars in medical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.419
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1552-4876
pISSN - 1552-4868
DOI - 10.1002/ajmg.c.31895
Subject(s) - painting , permission , the arts , fine art , visual arts , art , art history , psychology , philosophy , epistemology
Virgin and Child , a painting attributed to a follower of Andrea Mantegna completed around 1460, is currently in storage at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. With special supervised permission, I have visited the painting three times to assess whether this Christ child might have Down syndrome. My conclusion evolved each time—as did my appreciation for the synergy between physicians and art historians.