The Miraculous Milk of the Virgin
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The Miraculous Milk of the Virgin[1] (1997, French: Le lait miraculeux de la Vierge) is a photograph by French photographer Bettina Rheims.
The photo was taken in March 1997 and exhibited at the Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris.
The photo depicts a veiled woman who lactates from her left breast, not milk, but blood. She cups her hand underneath her breast to capture the blood. The photo is an obvious reference to the lactation miracles, also called Nursing Madonna, a so-called Maria lactans.
There was also the I.N.R.I. (1998) exhibition, in collaboration with Serge Bramly, retracing the life of Jesus in a contemporary settings. Controversial in Christian circles, the book was published simultaneously in several countries (France, Germany, USA and Japan), evoking a scandal in France in particular.
In June 2005, the Italian artist collective Hôtel de la Lune dedicated a theatrical piece to the photograph, entitled Le lait miraculeux de la vierge - devozioni I.
