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Title
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De Romana iuuencula
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Description
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This engraving depicts a story of a young Roman woman who saved her mother from starving to death. Boccaccio explains that this unknown young woman’s mother had been sentenced to death, and when she was locked away to die of starvation, her daughter saved her with her own breast milk. The girl and her mother are depicted behind the window as the mother drinks the milk of her daughter’s breast. The men that are depicted standing guard outside the prison cell seem unconcerned and relaxed. They are unsuspecting of the young woman, as they searched her every time she visited her mother and she never carried food with her. The young woman saved her mother’s life through her breast milk, and Boccaccio explains that he wrote on this unknown young woman due to her filial devotion.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:11966
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Source Name
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De Claris Mulieribus
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Image
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Subject
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Filial Devotion
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Important Women
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