This painting of a young woman with her child breastfeeding an older man in a prison cell was sold for 30 million euros. It may look perverse, but the story behind it is indescribable.
The poor man was sentenced to “death by starvation” for stealing a loaf of bread during the reign of Louis XIV in France. The woman was his only daughter and the only visitor to his cell. She was allowed to visit him daily but was not allowed to take food in.
Even after 4 months, the man was still alive, with almost no weight loss, nothing. The authorities now started spying on her in the cell and to their utter astonishment found her breastfeeding her father to the fullest sharing her baby’s milk.
The judges realizing the compassion and love of the woman for her father, let off her father and set him free.
