Abstract
Ivan Mestrovic (1883–1962), a Croatian sculptor and architect, portrayed his close friend Marija Banac (born Racic) with a goiter. She died from flu in 1918 in Rome, just few days apart from her brother Edi Racic and his fiancée. In the tragic memory of the Racic family that disappeared in the burst of a terrible pandemic, Mestrovic built a church and mausoleum in Cavtat near Dubrovnik.
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Photo by Boris Cvjetanovic, 2008
Photo by unknown author from 1920s
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Mestrovic I (1998) Vatra i opekline: Ruzena, Ruza, Klara. Dora Krupiceva, Zagreb
Mestrovic I (2008) Our Lady of Angels—the Mausoleum of the Racic Family in Cavtat [Exhibition Commemorating the 125th Anniversary of the Birth of Ivan Mestrovic] Glipoteka HAZU, Zagreb
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Jaksic, J., Pandzic Jaksic, V. Mystery of love, goiter and death in flu pandemic. J Endocrinol Invest 45, 1605–1606 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-021-01668-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-021-01668-4