Tag: Lucretia

Tarquinio e Lucrezia (1578-1580)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Tarquinio e Lucrezia (Tarquin and Lucretia) 1578–1580 Oil on canvas, 175 × 151.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago According to Roman history, the rape of the virtuous matron Lucretia by Tarquin, son of the king of Rome,…

Ritratto di un collezionista (c.1523)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Ritratto di un collezionista (Portrait of a Collector) c.1523 Oil on wood, 89.5 x 63.8 cm National Gallery, London When listed in the inventory of Ranuccio Farnese in 1587 this picture was titled Portrait of a Priest, but there…

Lucrezia (c.1539)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Lucrezia (Lucretia) c.1539 Watercolor over black chalk, 29.8 x 20.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

Lucretia (1666)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Lucretia 1666 Oil on canvas, 110.17 x 92.28 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis

Lucretia (1664)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Lucretia 1664 Oil on canvas, 120 x 101 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study for six months with Pieter Lastman (1583–1633), a…

Storia di Lucrezia (c.1500)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Storia di Lucrezia (The Story of Lucretia) c.1500 Tempera and oil on panel, 83.8 x 176.8 cm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston According to legend, Lucretia’s brutal rape and tragic suicide precipitated the foundation of the Roman Republic. Botticelli…