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Charity (1722), instead, represents a young bride in a quiet contemplation, holding her child in her lap, crying because he wants the mother's milk. According to some experts, she smiles for piety and, instead of being sad about the son's weeping, she is nearly glad for his pressing pangs of hunger
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The loving and patient expression of
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