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Geneviève de Brabant, abandoned with her child in the wilderness, is later rediscovered by her husband while he is hunting. Engraving by Augustin Legrand, 1795, after J.F. Schall.
Schall, Jean-Frédéric, 1752-1825.Date: [1790]Reference: 2913400i- Pictures
The infant Oedipus is tied to a tree by the shepherd to whom he was entrusted by his parents. Etching by S. Rosa.
Rosa, Salvatore, 1615-1673.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 38768i
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Telephus (son of Hercules) being suckled by a doe in the temple of Athena where as an infant he was left to die. Colour photogravure after a mural at Herculaneum.
Date: 1854Reference: 17496i