《A Roman Woman‘s Love for Her Father》 1612, Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 55x71".
這畫作的故事我無從知曉，這時期魯本斯的作品大多含有故事性，因為繪畫僅作敘述的用途，還未獨立於政教功能的範疇之外。
不過，從畫面：女兒餵食父親奶水。該是何等令人動容的情節！觸目驚心啊！這位父親是鐵牢裡的政治犯？抑或是一般瀕臨死亡的小老百姓？人性、人道、欺壓、暴政、親情、殘害......？誰能給答案？
Sir Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640) was a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish Baroque painter, and a proponent of an extravagant Baroque style that emphasized movement, color, and sensuality. He is well-known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects.
● 〈Roman Charity by Peter Paul Rubens, 1612〉
●Peter Paul Rubens