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<p>Members of a confraternity attend them. On the left is Castel Sant'Angelo</p>

Ultimi avvenimenti della vita di Beatrice Cenci

Album of the plates depicting the final events of the life of Beatrice Cenci.

1 print (album page 9) : etching ; platemark 23.5 x 29.5 cm

Beatrice Cenci and her stepmother are being driven away in a cart to be executed; on the right, Guido Reni is sketching a portrait of Beatrice. Etching, ca. 1850.

<p>They were sentenced to death for the murder of Count Francesco Cenci</p>

1 print (album page 8) : etching ; platemark 23.7 x 29.3 cm

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.

1 print (album page 7) : etching ; platemark 23.3 x 29.2 cm

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.

1 print (album page 10) : etching ; platemark 23.8 x 29.5 cm

Lucrezia Cenci and  Beatrice Cenci are beheaded in Rome: an executioner holds up the head of Beatrice, whose brother faints at the sight. Etching, ca. 1850.

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Beatrice Cenci and her stepmother are being driven away in a cart to be executed; on the right, Guido Reni is sketching a portrait of Beatrice. 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.

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.

Lucrezia Cenci and Beatrice Cenci are beheaded in Rome: an executioner holds up the head of Beatrice, whose brother faints at the sight. Etching, ca. 1850.

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Beatrice Cenci and her stepmother are being driven away in a cart to be executed; on the right, Guido Reni is sketching a portrait of Beatrice. 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.

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.

Lucrezia Cenci and Beatrice Cenci are beheaded in Rome: an executioner holds up the head of Beatrice, whose brother faints at the sight. Etching, ca. 1850.

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