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. 2009 Sep;102(9):391-3.
doi: 10.1258/jrsm.2009.09k043.

The diagnosis of art: Durer's squint – and Shakespeare's?

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The diagnosis of art: Durer's squint – and Shakespeare's?

Jeffrey K Aronson et al. J R Soc Med. 2009 Sep.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Self-portrait of Albrecht Dürer at the age of 22 (1493) (oil on linen, transferred from vellum, 57 × 45 cm; Musée du Louvre, Paris, France). In colour online
Figure 2
Figure 2
Self-portrait of Albrecht Dürer at the age of 26 (1498) (oil on panel, 56 × 71 cm; Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain). In colour online
Figure 3
Figure 3
Portrait of Albrecht Dürer's mother (1514) (charcoal on paper, 47 × 65 cm; Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, Germany)
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Figure 4
The Cobbe portrait, by an unknown artist (1610). The inscription ‘Principum amicitias!’ is from one of Horace's Odes (the first in Book II, addressed to a playwright): ‘gravesque principum amicitias’ – ‘the fatal friendships forged by figureheads’. In colour online

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