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"Cimon et Pero" (also Roman Charity) by Charles Mellin
(1597? - 1649) - Louvre Museum, Paris, France.
Illustration of an "anecdote" by the Roman historian Valerius Maximus. Cimon was condemned to die of
starvation. Pero, his daughter, "nursed" him daily.
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