This painting of a young woman breastfeeding an old man in a prison cell was sold for €30 million.
This piece of history brings into focus how deep is a woman's compassion in our daily lives that men often tend to overlook.
#archaeohistories
This piece of history brings into focus how deep is a woman's compassion in our daily lives that men often tend to overlook.
#archaeohistories
The poor man was sentenced to "death by starvation" for stealing a loaf of bread during reign of Louis XIV in France. The woman was his only daughter and the only visitor to his cell. She was allowed to visit him daily but was frisked thoroughly such that no food was taken in.
When after 4 months man still survived with no weight loss, authorities were perplexed and started spying on her in cell and to their utter astonishment found her to breastfeed her father. Judges then realizing compassion & love of woman for her father, pardoned and set him free.
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