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There are 106 items in this gallery	Exposured 29/08/2009	Item 83 from a total of 106

SECTION.-

PICTURES

CONTINENT.-

EUROPE

COUNTRY.-

ITALY

YEAR.-

1786

MATERIAL.-

PAPER

SIZE.-

143 x 93 (190 x 120) mm

DESCRIPTION.-

Goddess breastfeeding. Rumina.

REMARKS.-

In Roman mythology, Rumina was a goddess who protected breastfeeding mothers. Rumina's temple was near the Ficus Ruminalis, at the foot of the Palatine Hill, where Romulus and Remus were suckling by a she-wolf.
Xilografía procedente del "Dizionario mitologico, ovvero della favola, storico, poetico, simbolico..." de André De Claustre de 1786.

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