Lucretia

Lucretia

Title

Lucretia

[cda 2021]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Page from a Sotheby's auction catalogue 1979, no. 92, Koepplin Archive]

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

Besides a thin transparent undergarment the heroine is wearing a fur-trimmed cloak that has slipped

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

Besides a thin transparent undergarment the heroine is wearing a fur-trimmed cloak that has slipped from her left shoulder. A similarly transparent veil covers her elegantly pinned up hair. Her jewellery consists of a choker set with precious stones and a delicate linked chain. In her right hand she holds the dagger pointed towards her chest. The background is dark and Lucretia is shown as a three-quarter length figure positioned behind a stone parapet decorated with still-life objects, including a carnation.

[cda 2021]

Attributions
unknown
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

unknown

'school of Hans Baldung' [Page from a Sotheby's auction catalogue 1979, no. 92, Koepplin Archive]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Sotheby's online database, accessed 25.06.2021]

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2021]

Production date
about 1600 or later

Production date

about 1600 or later

? [cda 2021]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 77.5 × 47 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 77.5 × 47 cm

  • [Page from a Sotheby's auction catalogue 1979, no. 92, Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia: "LN"

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia: "LN"

  • [Page from a Sotheby's auction catalogue 1979, no. 92, Koepplin Archive]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscription upper edge: 'SATIVS EST MORI QVAM IN DEDECORE VIVERE / LVCRETIA ROMANA'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Inscription upper edge:

  • 'SATIVS EST MORI QVAM IN DEDECORE VIVERE / LVCRETIA ROMANA'

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P518
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P518/

Provenance

Research History / Discussion

This is probably a copy of a painting, which in 1937 was the property of Dr. Schott in Jena [PRIVATE_NONE-P517]

[cda 2021]

  • Lucretia, about 1600 or later

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Lucretia
  • Lucretia, after 1537
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P517
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