Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi (1785) by the Swiss/Austrian painter Maria Anna Angelica Catharina Kauffmann. As a women Kauffmann painted here a female heroine, Cornelia who was considered responsible for the education of her sons who became later very important politicians.
Massacre in Brazil today, by Tom Phillips
14 hours ago
very good painting .. and sure a classical mother!!
ReplyDeleteApparently this event unfolded in the 2nd century BCE, when a woman visitor had been showing Cornelia her jewels and then asked to see Cornelia's in return. She responded that her children were her jewels...
ReplyDeleteFairly heavy-handed moralizing, but a lesson typical of the times!