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The Death of Lucretia

ca. 1511-1512
16th century
208 x 130 mm (8.2 x 5.1 in.)

Marcantonio Raimondi, Italian, (ca. 1470-1482–1527-1534)
After Raphael, Italian, (1483–1520)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Engraving on laid paper

State: Only state

Print impression quality: Good, but from a worn plate in portions of inscription, left

Marks: Inscribed on base of pillar, lower left: “it is better to die than to live in dishonor”

Bibliography: Bartsch 192 (vol. 14, p. 155) as extremely rare; Illustrated Bartsch 192 i (vol. 26, p. 188); The Print Collector’s Quarterly (vol. 3, p. 257), 1913; reproduced in Hind, Short History of Engraving; Shoemaker 20.

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1940

Accession Number: 1940.D1.168

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death, mythology

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plate Dimensions: 208 x 130 mm (8.2 x 5.1 in.)

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Marcantonio Raimondi, Italian, (ca. 1470-1482–1527-1534) Raphael, Italian, (1483–1520) . The Death of Lucretia, ca. 1511-1512. Engraving on laid paper. Only state. plate : 208 x 130 mm (8.2 x 5.1 in.). DAC accession number 1940.D1.168. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1940. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: M. Johnston) .

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