Fifteen-Year History of Virilization in a 17th-Century Woman

Abstract

The Spanish artist, Jusepe de Ribera, painted a portrait of a virilized woman in 1631. He provided a brief clinical history on stone tablets, which indicates that the woman most likely harbored a benign, androgen-secreting ovarian tumor for 15 years.

Keywords: Jusepe de Ribera; androgens; hirsutism; ovarian adenoma; virilization.