Strange anatomy strikes back
As we have previously seen, Michelangelo wasn’t the best at correctly portraying female anatomy. This may be due to a myriad of reasons, like the fact that the moral standards of the time didn’t condone women posing naked. Nevertheless, several artists would find other solutions, such as hiring sex workers to model for them.
However, there’s another theory to explain this unusual anatomy. Dr. James J. Stark suggested that the left swollen breast is an accurate depiction of breast cancer, and according to him, it was made intentionally by Michelangelo. Nevertheless, that wouldn’t explain what’s going on with the right boob or the lack of consistency in all his work.