Here you find the story of Cimone and his daughter Pero
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Charity
and also many of the iconographic reference to the story (Rubens painted
many versions of it).

Micaela
Italy

On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 4:49 AM, Virginia Thorley
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:


> There are at least two art works based on the story of an ancient Roman
> sentenced to death by starvation, but allowed visitors. His daughter
> visited
> him and apparently it wasn't noticed that she was breastfeeding him. She
> saved his life - and he was pardoned as a consequence. I can't for the life
> of me remember who the artists were, and the museums which have the
> paintings. I believe one may be in the Hermitage, but I was unable to find
> a
> postcard of this work when I was there. Can anyone refresh my memory?
>
>

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