> > Speaking of which, have you ever seen a Madonna nursing? It just
>> occurred to me, that I haven't. It is implicit in some compositions,
>> but I can think of one explicitly depicted.
>
>Sure. Yes. Major theme. You want names of painters or places of works?
I saw a BVM in the Tate about 20 years ago that had a stream of milk flowing from her breast shooting heavenward to form the Milky Way. Is that a topos or an individual moment of extravagant fantasy?
Doug