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Pero breast-feeding her imprisoned father Cimon. Line engraving by C. van Caukercken after P.P. Rubens.
- Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640
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- 18149i
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Credit: Pero breast-feeding her imprisoned father Cimon. Line engraving by C. van Caukercken after P.P. Rubens. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
According to a story recorded by Valerius Maximus, Cimon was condemned to prison to starve, but his daughter, Pero, saved him by breast feeding him
Physical description
1 print : line engraving ; platemark 35.6 x 42.4 cm
Lettering
Perillustri ac reuerendissimo Domino D. Carlo van den Bosch nono Brugensium episcopo nec non perpetuo ac haereditario Flandriae cancellario handc fililae captivum patrem lactantis tabulam, cuius archetypo inter reverendissimi exstat cimelia, æri incisam, dicat consecratq(ue) Corn. van Caukercken. C. van Caukercken fecit et excudit ; Petrus P. Rubbens pinxit. ...
Creator/production credits
Dedicated to Karel van den Bosch (1597-1665), ninth bishop of Bruges and sometime owner of the painting on which this engraving is based
References note
Yubraj Sharma, Spiritual energetics of homoeopathic materia medica, Wembley: Academy of light, 2006, vol. 2, p. 723
Lettering note
Lettering continues with a description of the subject in Latin. Lower border bears coat of arms
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 18149i
Type/Technique
Languages
- Latin
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