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The rape of Lucretia by Tarquin. Line engraving with stipple by G. Tomba after G. Cagnacci, 1801.
- Cagnacci, Guido, 1601-1663.
- Date
- 1801
- Reference
- 46767i
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Credit: The rape of Lucretia by Tarquin. Line engraving with stipple by G. Tomba after G. Cagnacci, 1801. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
Episode in Livy, Ab urbe condita, 1.58. In the background, the slave whose dead body Tarquin had threatened to place in Lucretia's bed
Publication/Creation
Bologna : F. Rosaspina, 1801.
Physical description
1 print : line engraving, with stipple ; image 23.2 x 29 cm
Lettering
Che far potea la sventurata, e sola sposa di collatino in tal periglio ... dalla collezione di Carlo Filippo Aldrovandi Mariscotti. Guido Cagnacci dip. Giulio Tomba inc.
References note
P. G. Pasini, Guido Cagnacci pittore (1601-1663), Rimini, 1986, pl. 8 (after painting in the Accademia di S. Luca, Rome)
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 46767i
Type/Technique
Languages
- Italian
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Location Status Access Closed stores