Cimon and Pero, Willem Drost (attributed to), c. 1655 - c. 1657
oil on canvas, h 156cm × w 117.5cm × d 3.0 More details
Rembrandt’s pupil Willem Drost painted this rare work during his sojourn in Venice, where he met an untimely death. The exemplary story of Cimon and Pero dates from Roman antiquity and is about ultimate selfsacrifice and charity. Sentenced to death by starvation, Cimon was kept alive by his daughter Pero who visited him in prison and secretly breastfed him.