A collection of renaissance paintings taught modern day women about the signs and symptoms of breast cancer.
With breast cancer, knowledge is power. Identifying changes in your breasts can dramatically increase your survival rate.
11 of the world’s most revered Renaissance paintings by Rembrant and Rubens feature models with some of these symptoms. Women whose lives were likely cut short. If they had the knowledge we have today, their lives may have been prolonged.
Breast Cancer Foundation NZ demonstrated the power of knowledge by recreating these masterpieces using today’s survivors of breast cancer. These women discovered their own breast cancer by self-check.
The images were exhibited in New Zealand’s largest art gallery.