Experts suggest Michelangelo depicted breast cancer in the Sistine Chapel fresco

Experts suggest Michelangelo depicted breast cancer in the Sistine Chapel fresco

Led by forensic pathologist Andreas G. Nerlich of Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, a team of international experts propose that Michelangelo’s fresco “The Flood” in the Sistine Chapel portrays a young woman exhibiting signs consistent with breast cancer.

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