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The defective gene responsible for the disease was discovered in 1996. [7] The French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) is believed to have had the disease. [ 8 ]
Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901), known as Toulouse-Lautrec (French: [tuluz lotʁɛk]), was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 19th century allowed him to produce a collection of enticing, elegant, and provocative images of ...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) came from an aristocratic family related to the counts of Toulouse. Originally from Albi in southern France, his parents separated when he was young and he later moved to Paris with his mother. Lautrec was disabled, possibly due to a genetic disorder known as pycnodysostosis. [1]
Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse by Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1665–67, oil on canvas. De Lairesse, himself a painter and art theorist, suffered from congenital syphilis that severely deformed his face and eventually blinded him. [1] This is a list of famous historical figures diagnosed with or strongly suspected as having had syphilis at some time ...
At Grenelle, Absinthe Drinker or Absinthe Drinker in Grenelle (French: À Grenelle, buveuse d'absinthe) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French Post-Impressionist painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Painted in 1886, it is held in the collection of Colombia's Bank of the Republic and exhibited at the Museo Botero, in Bogotá. [1]
About 30,000 cases of Lyme disease in the U.S. are reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by state and local health departments each year. However, the CDC says that many more ...
The Vatican says it is unclear how long Pope Francis will stay in hospital and he will not lead Sunday’s Angelus prayer after he was admitted on Friday with a respiratory tract infection.
Jane Avril, c. 1892, by Toulouse-Lautrec Jane Avril (9 June 1868 – 17 January 1943) was a French can-can dancer made famous by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec through his paintings. Extremely thin, "given to jerky movements and sudden contortions", she was nicknamed La Mélinite , after an explosive .