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Pero Suckles the Chained Cimon in Prison
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Pero Suckles the Chained Cimon in Prison

Bernard Picart · 1683 - 1733 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Pero gives her father Cimon the breast in his prison cell (Caritas Romana). The story is an example from classical literature of the love of children for their parents.

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Credit linePero zoogt de geketende Cimon in de gevangenis. 1683 - 1733. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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