The rape of Lucretia by Tarquin. Line engraving with stipple by G. Tomba after G. Cagnacci, 1801.

  • Cagnacci, Guido, 1601-1663.
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1801
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46767i
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The rape of Lucretia by Tarquin. Line engraving with stipple by G. Tomba after G. Cagnacci, 1801. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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

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Bologna : F. Rosaspina, 1801.

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1 print : line engraving, with stipple ; image 23.2 x 29 cm

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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)

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Wellcome Collection 46767i

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