Just over 20 years ago we were in Madrid, Spain. We took a side trip to Toledo and enjoyed the city very much. On the way back the tour guide had the bus stop and he filed us all into a darkened room. Once he had all of us facing the same way he switched on a flood of lights and we saw this life-size portrait. There were gasps, as it was of a bearded woman nursing a child. This was painted in 1631 by the painter, Ribera, of Sra. Magdalena Ventura with her husband in the rear. She bore him three sons before, at the age of 37, she sprouted this full size beard. I've never forgotten the sight.
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