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Lucretia
According to tradition, Lucretia was a beautiful noblewoman of ancient Rome. She was the virtuous wife of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, whose uncle was the last king of the city. Lucretia took her own life after being raped by one of the king’s sons. The incident is said to have sparked a revolt in which the royal family was overthrown, marking the start of the Roman Republic. It was a subject the…
Creator
- Lucas Cranach d.ä.
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Creator
- Lucas Cranach d.ä.
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Creation date
- 1528
- 1528
Provenance
- Presented by Axel Bielke 1869
Identifier
- NM 1080
- 18083
Extent
- Mått 57 x 38 cm
Format
- Oil on wood
Year
- 1528
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:09:03.869Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:26:33.707Z