The suicide of Lucretia

The suicide of Lucretia

Title

The suicide of Lucretia

[Bonnefantenmuseum, revised 2016]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Bonnefantenmuseum, revised 2016]
[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/images/57070] (accessed 2017-02-02)

The classical heroine Lucretia is about to plunge a dagger into her chest with her left hand. Her head is turned away to the left. She wears a fur-trimmed cloak, beneath which the puffed sleeves of a dress are visible, and her torso is exposed. She wears gloves, a pearl

The classical heroine Lucretia is about to plunge a dagger into her chest with her left hand. Her head is turned away to the left. She wears a fur-trimmed cloak, beneath which the puffed sleeves of a dress are visible, and her torso is exposed. She wears gloves, a pearl necklace and a linked chain. Her blonde curls peep out from beneath the net bonnet. Lucretia stands in front of a green curtain framed by Renaissance architecture.

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Master of the Mass of St Gregory

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

'Studio of Lucas Cranach I'
[Bonnefantenmuseum, revised 2016]
[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/images/57070] (accessed 2017-02-02)

Master of the Mass of St Gregory

[Bonnefantenmuseum, revised 2016]
[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/images/57070] (accessed 2017-02-02)

Production dates
about 1520
about 1535

Production dates

about 1520

[cda 2017]

about 1535

[Bonnefantenmuseum, revised 2016]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 39.5 x 27.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 39.5 x 27.5 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 55 x 43 x 7 cm

  • [Bonnefantenmuseum, revised 2016]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Rijswijk
Repository
Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
Location
Maastricht
CDA ID
NL_BMM_3467
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/NL_BMM_3467/

Provenance

  • 05.11.1940 Veiling Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, No. 475
  • on loan from the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Rijswijk (NK2763)
    [Bonnefantenmuseum, revised 2016]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Maastricht 2012 152-153
AuthorLars Hendrikman
TitleBonnefantenmuseum: Collectie Nederlandse en Duitse schilderkunst 1500 - 1800
Place of PublicationMaastricht
Year of Publication2012
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Cat. The Hague 1992 194 1630
EditorRijksdienst Beeldende Kunst/The Netherlands Office for Fine Arts The Hague
TitleOld master paintings: An illustrated summary catalogue. Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst (The Netherlands Office for Fine Arts The Hague)
Place of PublicationThe Hague
Year of Publication1992
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Research History / Discussion

An ununsual depiction of Lucretia holding the dagger in her left hand. This Lucretia is very similar to the version in Haldensleben.

[Herrschaft, cda 2017]

  • The suicide of Lucretia, about 1520

Images

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Conservation History

Date2014

  • framing was checked

  • some dirt was removed from the surface

  • two small losses where checked

[Bonnefantenmuseum, revised 2016]

Versions

Lucretia
  • Lucretia, 1519 (?)
  • DE_MH_VI-53-312
  • Painting
  • Museum Haldensleben

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