TY  - JOUR
T1  - EDge of smile or brink of guffaw? clergyman/linebacker contemplates draft of 1516
AU  - Howard WB
Y1  - 1989/05/05
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1989.03420170046027
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2504
EP  - 2504
VL  - 261
IS  - 17
N2  - To the Editor. — 
    In the article on Albrecht Dürer's "Portrait of a Clergyman" in the December 2 issue of JAMA, Dr Southgate describes the unknown cleric as being on "the edge of a smile." He surely would cross that edge, perhaps even to the brink of a guffaw, if he could read that his visage suggested "contemplation rather than action" and that "his small shoulders that slope in a gentle physique suggest a life more devoted to study than to deeds of physical prowess."To the contrary, this gentleman has the feral gaze and jaw of an outside linebacker set on a neck of impressive dimension. His shoulders, anything but small, are thick and sloping, like those found among premier athletes; under his cloak one can detect the bulge of a well-muscled chest.I suspect that if indeed this clergyman is contemplative, he probably is contemplating the joy of
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1989.03420170046027
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1989.03420170046027
ER  -