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Line engraving of a young woman nursing an emaciated older man in a prison cell while a soldier watches from a doorway.

Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.

A line engraving shows a bearded, emaciated older man seated on straw in a stone prison cell, leaning against a younger woman who nurses him at her breast. A soldier stands in the open doorway at right, and inscribed verses fill the lower margin.

Artist
Nöel-Nicolas Coypel
Date
[1735?]
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2994 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1745.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Pero amamantando a su padre Cimón en prisión, grabado a línea

Un grabado a línea muestra a un hombre mayor, barbado y demacrado, sentado sobre paja en una celda de piedra y apoyado contra una joven que lo amamanta. Un soldado aparece en la puerta abierta a la derecha, y versos impresos llenan el margen inferior.

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