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Deivis de Campos1,2,3, Danielle Coutinho Rodrigues1, Luciano Buso4
1Departamento de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, 117303Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Abstract:
The specialized literature has described that Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483-1520), universally known as Raphael, is among the greatest artists of the Renaissance. Additionally, it is also described that there are still many controversies regarding Raphael's health when he died in 1520. In this context, due to the 500th anniversary of his death, it would be timely to bring up some pieces of information that haven't been presented in the literature so far, regarding the health of this famous artist Therefore, we have decided to present in this description a self-portrait of Raphael from 1519, which, associated with previous descriptions concerning the artist's lifestyle, can provide some indication that Raphael had a clinical condition known as conjunctival papilloma.
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