Lucretia

Title

Lucretia

[cda 2021]

Painting on wood (?)

Medium

Painting on wood (?)

[cda 2021]

According to the legend Lucretia was raped by the son of the Roman king whereupon she committed suicide. The event led to the fall of the Royal house and the foundation of the Roman Republic.

The heroine is shown here as a half-length figure against a dark background. Besides a thin

According to the legend Lucretia was raped by the son of the Roman king whereupon she committed suicide. The event led to the fall of the Royal house and the foundation of the Roman Republic.

The heroine is shown here as a half-length figure against a dark background. Besides a thin transparent undergarment she is wearing a fur-trimmed cloak, that has slipped from her left shoulder. A similarly transparent veil covers her elegantly pinned up hair and her attire is completed with jewellery, consisting of a choker set with precious stones and a delicate linked chain. In her right hand she holds the dagger pointed towards her chest.

[cda 2021]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2021]

Production dates: after 1537
about 1530 - 1535

Production dates

after 1537	[cda 2021]
about 1530 - 1535	[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, 34, no. 85]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: no information available

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: no information available

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia at the left edge: serpent with dropped wings, facing right

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the left edge: serpent with dropped wings, facing right

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P517
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P517/

Provenance

1937 Dr. Schott, Jena
[Recorded on the glass plate negative, Gemäldegalerie Berlin, photographic archive]

Research History / Discussion

A copy of this version signed with the initials ‘LN ‘ was offered at Sotheby’s New York in 2017, lot 2 [PRIVATE_NONE-P518].

[cda 2021]

The painting was evidently in Berlin in 1937 when the Cranach exhibition was held there. It is however probably not the same paiting as the Lucretia listed in the catalogue [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 85, 63 x 50 cm, Kassel, Dr Ing. e. h. C. Beil].

[cda 2021]

Lucretia, after 1537

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