Jacques du Broeucq, Charity
01 Carving, 15 & 16th Century Carvings & Sculpture from the Bible!; With Footnotes — 8c
Charity, c. mid-16th century
Alabaster, traces of gilding
H. 54 3/4 x W. 17 1/2 x D. 12 3/8 in. (139.1 x 44.5 x 31.4 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Roman Charity is the exemplary story of a woman, Pero, who secretly breastfeeds her father, Cimon, after he is incarcerated and sentenced to death by starvation. She is found out by a jailer, but her act of selflessness impresses officials and wins her father’s release.
The story is recorded by the ancient Roman historian Valerius Maximus, and was presented as a great act of filial piety and Roman honour. A painting in the Temple of Pietas depicted the scene. Among Romans, the theme had mythological echoes in Juno’s breastfeeding of the adult Hercules, an Etruscan myth. More on Roman Charity
Girolamo Viscardi (1467–1522) ia a Genoese sculptor whose work played an important role in the introduction of the Italian Renaissance style to France around 1500. Girolamo was first employed by Antonio della Porta before collaborating with Giovanni and Michele d’Aria on a tomb monument. During the French occupation of Genoa from 1499, Girolamo began to receive commissions from France, including in 1507 the sculptural decoration for the church of Sainte-Trinité in Fécamp. More on Girolamo Viscardi
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