Print made by unknown artist, seventeenth century-eighteenth centuryafter Simon Vouet, 1590–1649, Frenchafter Claude Mellan, 1598–1688, French, active in Rome (1624–36) and in ParisPublished by Edward Cooper, active 1682, died 1725, British
Title:
Lucretia Romana
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 13/16 inches (24.2 × 19.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "reduced in Line." | L[...]s? | 411"; in brown ink, lower right: "10492"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1970.3.847
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
death of Lucretia: she commits suicide by stabbing herself | religious and mythological subject | long hair | carpet | rug | blankets (coverings) | bed (furniture) | couch | dagger (weapon) | nude | cloth | mythology | Roman | suicide | woman | legend