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SHORT STATURE
"Short stature syndrome, unlikely to be achondroplasia " (details from "Il Cavadenti (The quack dentist) ") (see related A) Pietro (Petro) Longhi (Falca) (known as Petro Falca) (1702-1785) Pinacoteca Brera , Milan, Lombardy, Italy
This small female is a dwarf - a term currently considered offensive - this short stature lady has a relatively large head and her facial features are perhaps slightly suggestive of a facies of achondroplasia (see "Clinical Eye Openers" and another image for greater detail).
Signs > short limb dwarfism > normal finger proportions > near normal facial proportions except that then the hands are too small.
Comment > imagining the subject nude, the legs would be extremely short which is not the impression that the arms produce ... perhaps the artist did not depict this subject accurately.
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