Lucretia with the knife at her breast. After the engraving by Raimondi. Lucretia, BC. Roman heroine who committed suicide after being raped by Sextus Tarquinius (Tarquin), son of the last king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. Many famous artists have used this theme including, amongst others, Titian, Rembrandt, Dürer, Raphael, Botticelli. From Histoire de La Gravure, published 1880

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