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Lucretia

by After Guido Reni

Date: 17th Century

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Item details

  • Acquisition

    Bourgeois Bequest, 1811

  • Accession number

    DPG204

  • Artist

    After Guido Reni

  • Date

    17th Century

  • Dimensions

    99 x 54.6 cm

  • Materials

    Oil on canvas

Lucretia committed suicide after being raped by her cousin Sextus, son of Tarquinius Superbus (Livy, History of Rome, I, LVIII). DPG204 is a copy of a composition by Reni known in autograph versions in private collections in New York and Reggio Emilia.

Lucretia

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