La Charité Romaine

This relief of the Roman Charity represents Pero secretly breastfeeding her father, a prisoner sentenced to starve to death. The story represented in this piece is recorded by a Roman historian named Valerius Maximus and was presented as a great act of pietas and Roman honour. This theme is a very popular one among Roman mythology and it has been represented by different artists in many forms: paintings, poems and sculptures.这件《罗马慈善》浮雕（Roman Charity）描绘了佩罗秘密哺育身为死囚、将被处以饿死刑罚的父亲的场景。该作品所呈现的故事由古罗马历史学家瓦莱里乌斯·马克西姆斯（Valerius Maximus）记载，被视为彰显虔敬（pietas）与罗马荣誉的崇高行为。这一主题在古罗马神话中广为流传，曾被诸多艺术家以绘画、诗歌、雕塑等多种形式进行创作演绎。