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  • Giacomo Cenci is executed in Rome for the killing of his father Count Cenci, by being struck on the head with a mallet (mazzolatura). Etching, ca. 1850.
  • Beatrice Cenci and her stepmother, in bed in prison in Rome, hear their mandate of execution being read by a Papal envoy accompanied by members of a confraternity of Saint John the Baptist. Etching, ca. 1850.
  • A laundry-maid is interrogated by two officials and an ecclesiastic about the death of Count Cenci. Etching, ca. 1850.
  • Count Cenci, drugged in his bedroom, is being murdered by Olimpio Calvetti and Marzio da Fiorani; Beatrice is watching the scene while her stepmother is guarding the door. Etching, ca. 1850.
  • Beatrice Cenci and her stepmother Lucrezia are throwing the body of the Count over the balcony. Etching, ca. 1850.
  • Beatrice Cenci and her stepmother Lucrezia incite Olimpio Calvetti and Marzio da Fiorani to kill Count Francesco Cenci, who is sleeping in the next room. Etching, ca. 1850.
  • Beatrice Cenci, her stepmother Lucrezia, and one of her father's assassins are imprisoned and questioned by the papal authorities; Beatrice is tortured, and Lucrezia tries to persuade her to confess to the murder. Etching, ca. 1850.