Tag: Lucretia
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01 Work, Interpretations of Roman tradition, The Master of the Holy Blood’s Death of Lucretia, with footnotes #40
Sold for 5,000 GBP in April 2016 Lucretia, legendary heroine of ancient Rome. According to tradition, she was the beautiful and virtuous wife of the nobleman Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus. Her tragedy began when she was raped by Sextus Tarquinius, son of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the tyrannical Etruscan king of Rome. After exacting an oath of vengeance against…
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19 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, 18 Old Master Artists’ interpretation of The Rape Of Lucretia, with Footnotes. #181
Lucretia (died ca. BC 508) was the daughter of magistrate Spurius Lucretius and the wife of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus. The marriage between Lucretia and Collatinus was depicted as the ideal Roman union, as both Lucretia and Collatinus were faithfully devoted to one another. According to Livy, Lucretia was an exemplar of “beauty and purity,” as…
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01 Painting, Olympian and Roman deities, Francesco Trevisani’s LUCRETIA, with footnotes #192
Lucretia, legendary heroine of ancient Rome. According to tradition, she was the beautiful and virtuous wife of the nobleman Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus. Her tragedy began when she was raped by Sextus Tarquinius, son of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the tyrannical Etruscan king of Rome. After exacting an oath of vengeance against the Tarquins from her father…
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14 Works, November 26th. is Antonio Carneo’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #241
Depicting a young man who compresses his bowels in the presence of a group of bystanders who follow his spasms with apprehension or try to help him, it is described ab antiquo with the title with which it is still remembered today. However, since it is difficult to represent a generic poisoning scene (provoked or…
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Tintoretto, Tarquin and Lucretia, c. 1578/80, 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Lucretia, with Footnotes. # 20
Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), Italian, 1518-1594 Tarquin and Lucretia, c. 1578/80 Oil on canvas 68 7/8 x 59 5/8 in. (175 x 151.5 cm) The Art Institute of Chicago Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, last king of Rome, being engaged in the siege of Ardea, sent his son, Sextus Tarquinius, on a military errand to Collatia. Sextus was…
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