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DE Caridad romana, Charles Mellin. Louvre. Fotografía, Francia 2009
Photograph taken in 2009 by Alain Geoffroy.
Dimensions: 700 x 516 píxeles
Caridad Romana, óleo sobre lienzo (96 x 73 cm) del pintor barroco Charles Mellin (Nancy,1598 – Rome, 1649). Museo del Louvre, Paris.
The issue of Caridad romana, en el que una mujer joven amamanta a un hombre adulto, su propio padre, ha sido muy representado en pintura y escultura, desde los frescos encontrados en Pompeya a ejemplos posteriores a partir del Renacimiento.
Tiene sus orígenes en dos historias similares del libro V de Facta et dicta memorabilia (Memorable facts and sayings) escrito por Valerio Máximo (20 a.C. – 50 d.C.) hacia el año 30 d.C.:
- In the first (5.4.7), a mother condemned to die of starvation does not die within weeks of being nursed by her daughter who visits her daily in prison; she is pardoned by the authorities, moved by the discovery of the cause.
- En la segunda (5.4. ext. 1), es un padre, Micon o Cimon, el que es salvado en idénticas circunstancia por Pero, su hija.
The theme, which was the subject of artistic representations at the time, as Valerius Maximus remarks and can be seen in frescoes in Pompeii, was used as an example of filial devotion: the terrible nature of the condemnation attempts to obviate the erotic-incestuous connotations of the act.
"Idem praedicatum de pietate Perus existimetur, quae patrem suum Mycona consimili fortuna adfectum parique custodiae traditum iam ultimae senectutis velut infantem pectori suo admotum aluit. Haerent ac stupent hominum oculi, cum huius facti pictam imaginem vident ...."
"The same consideration must be given to the filial devotion of Pero, who, when his own father Mycon suffered a similar misfortune and was also confined in prison at a very advanced age, suckled him, bringing him to her breast like a baby. The eyes of men are fixed and stupefied when they contemplate a picture on this subject ...".
Temas relacionados con la Lactancia de adultos: Lactatios de San Bernardo y de otros santos y beatos como San Fulbert, San Pedro Nolasco, beato Alain de la Roche o Santo Domingo de Guzmán. Healing mother's milk (leyenda de la lactancia de Fray Bartolomé de las Casas). La Caridad romana. Piedad filial del confucianismo.
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Caridad Romana, óleo sobre lienzo (96 x 73 cm) del pintor barroco Charles Mellin (Nancy,1598 – Rome, 1649). Museo del Louvre, Paris.
The issue of Caridad romana, en el que una mujer joven amamanta a un hombre adulto, su propio padre, ha sido muy representado en pintura y escultura, desde los frescos encontrados en Pompeya a ejemplos posteriores a partir del Renacimiento.
Tiene sus orígenes en dos historias similares del libro V de Facta et dicta memorabilia (Memorable facts and sayings) escrito por Valerio Máximo (20 a.C. – 50 d.C.) hacia el año 30 d.C.:
- In the first (5.4.7), a mother condemned to die of starvation does not die within weeks of being nursed by her daughter who visits her daily in prison; she is pardoned by the authorities, moved by the discovery of the cause.
- En la segunda (5.4. ext. 1), es un padre, Micon o Cimon, el que es salvado en idénticas circunstancia por Pero, su hija.
The theme, which was the subject of artistic representations at the time, as Valerius Maximus remarks and can be seen in frescoes in Pompeii, was used as an example of filial devotion: the terrible nature of the condemnation attempts to obviate the erotic-incestuous connotations of the act.
"Idem praedicatum de pietate Perus existimetur, quae patrem suum Mycona consimili fortuna adfectum parique custodiae traditum iam ultimae senectutis velut infantem pectori suo admotum aluit. Haerent ac stupent hominum oculi, cum huius facti pictam imaginem vident ...."
"The same consideration must be given to the filial devotion of Pero, who, when his own father Mycon suffered a similar misfortune and was also confined in prison at a very advanced age, suckled him, bringing him to her breast like a baby. The eyes of men are fixed and stupefied when they contemplate a picture on this subject ...".
Temas relacionados con la Lactancia de adultos: Lactatios de San Bernardo y de otros santos y beatos como San Fulbert, San Pedro Nolasco, beato Alain de la Roche o Santo Domingo de Guzmán. Healing mother's milk (leyenda de la lactancia de Fray Bartolomé de las Casas). La Caridad romana. Piedad filial del confucianismo.