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Cimon and Pero, Willem Drost, c. 1655 - c. 1657
Willem Drost, portraitWillem DrostDutch, 1633–1659

Cimon and Pero

c. 1655 - c. 1657 · Painting

Can I see it?

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Where is “Cimon and Pero” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

Source
The museum
On the mapMuseum page

About the painting

Pero secretly breastfeeds her father Cimon in prison, sustaining him when he was sentenced to death by starvation. Pero thus kept him alive and he was eventually pardoned. This story from Roman antiquity is about ultimate charity and self-sacrifice. The painting is a rare masterpiece by the young and short-lived Rembrandt pupil, Willem Drost.

Rijksmuseum

Details

Accession number
SK-C-1802

What it shows

Pero suckling Cimon ('Caritas romana')

In the catalog

PaintingsOilDutch paintingBaroque17th century

Sources

In the life of Willem Drost

The whole life

  1. 1652–1655 · Workplace

    Amsterdam

  2. 1655–1658 · Workplace

    Venice

  3. 25 February 1659

    Died

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All works
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Timothy and Lois

1650s · State Hermitage Museum

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Bethsabée recevant la lettre de David

mid 17th century (1654) · Musée du Louvre

Kvinde med nellike, Willem Drost, 1656

Kvinde med nellike

1656 · SMK

Self Portrait of Willem Drost, after Willem Drost

Self Portrait of Willem Drost

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Zelfportret van Willem Drost voor de ezel, Willem Drost, 1650 - 1807

Zelfportret van Willem Drost voor de ezel

1650 - 1807 · Rijksmuseum

Junge Frau mit Perlenschmuck, Willem Drost

Junge Frau mit Perlenschmuck

Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister

Ein Herr mit roter Pelzmütze im Lehnstuhl, Willem Drost

Ein Herr mit roter Pelzmütze im Lehnstuhl

Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister

Junges Mädchen am Fenster, Willem Drost

Junges Mädchen am Fenster

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On view at Rijksmuseum

Museum page
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La Corniche bij Monaco, 1884

De Nachtwacht, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642

Rembrandt van Rijn

The Night Watch, 1642

Portrait of a Woman, Probably Maria Trip (1619-1683), Rembrandt van Rijn, 1639

Rembrandt van Rijn

Portrait of Maria Trip, 1639

Landscape with a Stone Bridge, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1638

Rembrandt van Rijn

The Stone Bridge, c. 1638

Man in Oriental Dress, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635

Rembrandt van Rijn

Man in Oriental Dress, 1635

Portrait of Haesje Jacobsdr van Cleyburg, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Rembrandt van Rijn

Portrait of Haesje Jacobsdr van Cleyburg, 1634

Jonge vrouw in gefantaseerde kleding, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633

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On the same theme · Pero suckling Cimon ('Caritas romana')

All works on the theme
Cimon and Pero, Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1635

Peter Paul Rubens

Cimon and Pero, c. 1635

Mauritshuis

Studie voor Cimon en Pero, Guido Reni, 1616 - 1620

Guido Reni

Studie voor Cimon en Pero, 1616 - 1620

Rijksmuseum

Caritas romana (Roman Charity), Artus Quellinus, c. 1651 - c. 1652

Artus Quellinus

Caritas romana (Roman Charity), c. 1651 - c. 1652

Rijksmuseum

Cimon en Pero, anonymous, 1809 - c. 1899

anonymous

Cimon en Pero, 1809 - c. 1899

Rijksmuseum

Cimon en Pero (Caritas Romana), anonymous, 1700 - 1799

anonymous

Cimon en Pero (Caritas Romana), 1700 - 1799

Rijksmuseum

Caritas Romana: Cimon voedt haar vader Pero, Claude Mellan, 1624 - 1636

Mellan, Claude

Caritas Romana: Cimon voedt haar vader Pero, 1624 - 1636

Rijksmuseum

Caritas Romana: Cimon voedt haar vader Pero, Claude Mellan, 1624 - 1636

Mellan, Claude

Caritas Romana: Cimon voedt haar vader Pero, 1624 - 1636

Rijksmuseum

Pero zoogt geketende Cimon in gevangenis, Hans Sebald Beham, 1544

Hans Sebald Beham

Pero zoogt geketende Cimon in gevangenis, 1544

Rijksmuseum