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| Gavin Hamilton Death of Lucretia ca. 1763-67 oil on canvas Yale Center for British Art |
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| William Blake Death of Lucretia 1797 engraving Princeton University Art Museum |
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| Jean-François Janinet The Virtue of Lucretia before 1814 etching and aquatint Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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| William Sharp after Domenichino Lucretia 1784 etching and engraving British Museum |
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| Giuseppe Cades Tarquin and Lucretia ca. 1795 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Staffordshire Potteries Reclining Lucretia ca. 1800-1830 porcelain Victoria & Albert Museum |
from The Rape of Lucrece: a True Roman Tragedy
That unprincely Prince,
Who guest-wise entered with my husband's ring,
This ring – oh Collatine! – this ring you sent
Is cause of all my woe, your discontent.
I feasted him, then lodged him, and bestowed
The choicest welcome, but in dead of night,
My traitorous guest came armed unto my bed,
Frighted my silent sleep, threatened, and prayed
For entertainment – I despisèd both.
Which hearing, his sharp-pointed scimitar
The tyrant bent against my naked breast.
Alas, I begged my death, but note his tyranny –
He brought with him a torment worse than death,
For, having murdered me, he swore to kill
One of my basest grooms and lodge him dead
In my dead arms – then call in testimony
Of my adultery, to make me hated,
Even in my death, of husband, father, friends,
Of Rome and all the world – this, this, oh Princes,
Ravished and killed me at once.
– Thomas Heywood (1608)
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| Giandomenico Tiepolo after Giambattista Tiepolo Tarquin and Lucretia ca. 1750-80 etching British Museum |
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| Richard Purcell after Willem de Ryck Tarquin and Lucretia ca. 1746-66 mezzotint British Museum |
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| Bernard Picart after Palma il Giovane Tarquin and Lucretia ca. 1724-33 etching British Museum |
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| Ludovico Mazzanti Death of Lucretia ca. 1730 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| attributed to Pietro Antonio Sasso after Guido Reni Lucretia late 19th century oil on canvas National Trust, The Argory, Northern Ireland |
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| Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain after Jean-François de Troy Death of Lucretia 1742 etching Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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| Pieter Tanjé after Luca Giordano Tarquin and Lucretia 1752 etching and engraving British Museum |
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| Anonymous Italian Artist Lucretia ca. 1825-50 drawing Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |