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PICTURES
CONTINENT.-
EUROPE
COUNTRY.-
ITALY
YEAR.-
1786
MATERIAL.-
PAPER
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143 x 93 (190 x 120) mm
DESCRIPTION.-
Goddess breastfeeding. Rumina.
REMARKS.-
In Roman mythology, Rumina was a goddess who protected breastfeeding mothers. Rumina's temple was near the Ficus Ruminalis, at the foot of the Palatine Hill, where Romulus and Remus were suckling by a she-wolf. Xilografía procedente del "Dizionario mitologico, ovvero della favola, storico, poetico, simbolico..." de André De Claustre de 1786.