Der Selbstmord der Lucretia

1515/1518

Joos van Clevec. 1485 Kleve – c. 1541 Antwerpen
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Lucretia, dishonored by the son of the last Roman king Tarquinius Superbus, stabs herself in front of her father, the husband Collantinus, Brutus and Valerius to incite them to revenge (cf. Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, inv. 1992/9).
Also known as
Lucretia Le Suicide de Lucrèce
Medium
Oil on oak panel
Dimensions
image: 47.7 x 35.3 cm
Inventory number
R 6
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, The Ruzicka Foundation, 1949