Lucretia

Lucretia

Title

Lucretia

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Christie's online database, accessed 24.09.2020]

The painting depicts Lucretia as a three-quarter length figure, facing to her right and standing in front of a curtain, which is drawn aside to reveal a mountainous landscape with a town. She is in contemporary dress and her hair is worn loose, falling over her right shoulder. In her

The painting depicts Lucretia as a three-quarter length figure, facing to her right and standing in front of a curtain, which is drawn aside to reveal a mountainous landscape with a town. She is in contemporary dress and her hair is worn loose, falling over her right shoulder. In her right hand she holds a long dagger pointed at her chest.

According to the legend Lucretia lived in the 6th century BC and was the beautiful and virtuous wife of the roman Collatinus. The roman King's son - Sextus Tarquinius fell in love with her. During a stay in her house Sextus threatened to kill her and shame her honour if she did not surrender to him. After the rape Lucretia had her father and husband vow vengeance and then she stabbed herself. The event led to an uprising in which the royal family was overthrown and the Roman Empire became a Republic. Depictions of Lucretia who was seen as the epitomy of female virtue, chastity, fidelity and honour enjoyed great popularity, particularly in the 16th century. [Literature: Bierende 2002, Follak 2002, Livius 1909]

[cda 2020]

Attributions
Monogrammist HS
Heinrich Vogtherr

Attributions

Monogrammist HS

? [Henricus Satrapitanus?; possibly Heinrich Vogtherr d. Ä.; cda 2023]

Heinrich Vogtherr

? [Henricus Satrapitanus?; possibly Heinrich Vogtherr d. Ä.; cda 2023]

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Christie's online database, accessed 24.09.2020]

Production dates
about 1500 - 1599
after 1530

Production dates

about 1500 - 1599

16th century [Christie's online database, accessed 24.09.2020]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 46 × 28.5 cm

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

none

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P450
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P450/

Provenance

  • before 1937 in the collection of the Prince of Fürstenberg, Donaueschingen castle (Germany), according to a letter (10.07.1949) from the Archduke Maximilien-Eugène of Austria (1895-1952)
  • possibly in the Nardus collection, Haarlem (according to an invoice from A. J. Seligmann, 24.01.1937)
  • A. J. Seligmann, Paris, 1937
  • acquired there by Commander Paul-Louis Weiller, 24.01.1937
  • purchase settled by Commander Paul-Louis Weiller, 28.01.1937 after reciept of a certificate from M. J. Friedlander (like 'Sibylle von Cleve (...), work by Lucas Cranach the Elder')
  • from 1937 in Commander Paul-Louis Weiller's collection, rue de la Faisanderie, Paris
  • from 1995 with the heirs of Commander Paul-Louis Weiller, the Le Noviciat, Versailles
  • sold at Christie's Paris,15/16.09.2020, Sale 19158, lot 201
    [Christie's online database, accessed 24.09.2020]
  • Lucretia, about 1500 - 1599

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