Lucretia about to kill herself. Engraving by C. Mellan after S. Vouet.

  • Vouet, Simon, 1590-1649.
Date:
[between 1600 and 1699]
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42984i
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A young woman rises from her bed holding a dagger in her right hand

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[Rome] : [publisher not identified], [between 1600 and 1699]

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1 print : line engraving, with etching ; image 39.4 x 27.7 cm

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Hoc latus indigno cinxit violentia nexu? Haec sunt externa pectora tacta manu ...Sim. Vouet Paris.s pinx ; Cl. Mellan Gall.s sculp. Romae. Latin lettering continues

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Wellcome Collection 42984i

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