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Pero Nursing the Chained Cimon in Prison
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The story of Cimon and Pero, or Caritas Romana, is an example from classical literature of the love of children for their parents. The father Cimon and his daughter Pero figure here in an allegory on youth and old age with a sexual interpretation.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePero zoogt de geketende Cimon in de gevangenis. 1525. Barthel Beham. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
