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Context: Saint Bernard and the Virgin is an oil painting by Spanish artist Alonso Cano (c. 1645–1652), depicting the Lactatio Bernardi miracle in which Bernard of Clairvaux receives milk from the Virgin Mary as a reward for his theological work. The painting is now held in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.

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[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Virgin", "Baby in arms", "Lactating"...never fails to amuse me :) Reminds me of this:

[–] FridaySteve@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

She had a mythical bootie-birth, three times. This is a warning to all those who abuse the poophole loophole.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Before reading the description, I thought it was an unfortunate, yet hilarious scratch on the painting.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

receives milk from the Virgin Mary as a reward for his theological work

Da fuk

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Hey, no kinkshaming.

[–] funnyBunny@ani.social 9 points 1 day ago

Big tiddy god.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

That's some godly aim. It's a miracle!

[–] petersr@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What is the approximate velocity of the milk to form a parabola like this?

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

It's the Mother of God, she can just do that.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Actually somewhat fast. In the order of several meters per second. Perhaps 10 m/s? And without losing and allowed on the way.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

And there was innocent old me thinking she was just pulling out a wobbly tooth for him.