Filial Piety.Cimon, condemned to famish in Prison is privately suckled by his Daughter Pero. The Judges, in order to transmit to Posterity their approbation of so rare an example of filial piety, pardon'd the Father for the Daughters Virtue.
Put:r Jordaens Pinx.t. Geo.e Keating Sculp.t.
London, Published 26th March, 1790, by Geo:Keating, No 18 Warwick Street, Golden Square,
Mezzotint. 440 x 540mm (17¼ x 21¼") very large margins
A story told by Roman historian Valerius Maximus (c.AD 50): Cimon, sentenced to stave to death in prison, is suckled by his daughter Pero.
[Ref: 11599] £480.00
London, Published 26th March, 1790, by Geo:Keating, No 18 Warwick Street, Golden Square,
Mezzotint. 440 x 540mm (17¼ x 21¼") very large margins
A story told by Roman historian Valerius Maximus (c.AD 50): Cimon, sentenced to stave to death in prison, is suckled by his daughter Pero.
[Ref: 11599] £480.00