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J. Endocrinol. Invest. 22: 581, 1999

“The Dwarf” (Sebastiano de Morra)

VelazquezSevilia (1599)-Madrid (1660), Spain

Diego Rodriguez De Silva Velazquez, known as Velazquez, was a Chamber’s Painter at theKing Philip IV Court of Spain in the XVI Century.The picture represents a dwarf (achondroplastic dwarf) named Sebastiano de Morra, who wasbefore under the serviance of the infant Ferdinando, brother of King Philip IV, and later un-der the serviance of the Prince Baltasar Carlos, son of the King.The picture was painted in 1644 and is exposed to the Prado Museum in Madrid.

Enio Martino, M.D.Department of Endocrinology

University of PisaPisa, Italy

Endocrinology and Art