ID: 700001960 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001960	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Cimon en Pero (easel painting (painting by form); Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-06-28 - Antwerpen 1640-05-30)...; 1630/1640; Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands); SK-A-345; RM001.collect.5316)

Note: At first this seems a strange subject for a painting: a young woman giving her breast to an old man tied up in chains in a bare prison cell. In fact it is a story from Roman history: the tale of Cimon and Pero. Cimon is Pero's father. He is in prison awaiting execution and has been given nothing to eat. Pero has recently had a child and saves her father from starvation by secretly giving him her breast. This relatively large picture was painted by the famous Antwerp artist, Peter Paul Rubens. To enliven the scene, Rubens has added two prying prison guards on the right.

Titles:

Cimon en Pero (preferred,C,U,RP,Dutch-P,U,U)

Cimon and Pero (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

easel painting (painting by form) [300177435] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by form>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1630/1640

Creator Display:

Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-06-28 - Antwerpen 1640-05-30) [preferred,VP]

painter Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish painter, 1577-1640) [500002921]

Locations:

Current: Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands) [500246547] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: SK-A-345; RM001.collect.5316

Display Materials: oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: Support: 155 cm x 190 cm

Events:

exhibition: Miró: The Dutch Interiors, 2010-10-04 - 2011-01-16

exhibition: Schwartz Porcelain, 2003-12-07 - 2004-03-07

exhibition: De Winterkoning. Balling aan het Haagse Hof, 2003-12-06 - 2004-03-14

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Roman Charity [901000400]
	.....((Roman narratives, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Cimon [901000401]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Pero [901000402]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Copyright: Public Domain

Provenance: ruil 1825

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Additional Notes:

Dutch ..... Cimon en Pero. De dochter geeft haar vader, die geboeid in de gevangenis zit, de borst. Rechts twee soldaten voor een getralied venster.

Sources and Contributors:
Cimon en Pero	........ [VP,Rijksmuseum]
	........ Rijksmuseum XML files (2012)
Cimon and Pero	........ [VP]
	........ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP,Rijksmuseum]

....................... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/SK-A-345; accessed 12 September 2012

....................... Rijksmuseum XML files (2012)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/SK-A-345; accessed 12 September 2012
Dutch	..... [VP]
	..... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/SK-A-345; accessed 12 September 2012