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Tarquin and Lucretia
Giuseppe Maria Crespi
c. 1695/1700 · oil on canvas
Dimensions overall: 195 x 171.5 cm (76 3/4 x 67 1/2 in.)
Collection: National Gallery of Art
An historical tale told by Livy, Ovid, and even Shakespeare is the rape of Lucretia. Sextus Tarquinius, son of the Etruscan King of Rome, forced the Roman matron to submit to his advances by threate...
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