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The Suicide of Lucretia by Marcantonio Raimondi

The Suicide of Lucretia

Marcantonio Raimondi

1509 - 1514

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A woman in classical drapery stands with her arms outstretched, holding a dagger in her left hand. She is positioned within an architectural setting with a landscape visible in the background. The virtuous Lucretia is raped by the royal prince Sextus Tarquinius Superbus. Unable to live with the memory of this shameful act, she stabs herself to death. The Italian engraver copied the landscape with the little bridge at the right behind the desperate Lucretia from Lucas’ engraving of Susanna and the Elders (adjacent). He omitted the buildings in the background.

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dagger column architectural elements landscape centered figure shallow space architectural frame one-point perspective woman classical drapery architecture monochromatic

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