Lucretia is standing in her bedroom next to the bed. She has been raped by Sixtus the son of the tyrant Tarquinius. Out of shame she stabs her own eyes out. A servant rushes to stop her. Page from a book with text on the verso, Lucia gouges out her eyes Mirror of august, honorable, cloucke, solemn and wise women (series title), print maker: Zacharias Dolendo, Jacob de Gheyn (II), publisher: Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), (mentioned on object), print maker: Leiden, Leiden, publisher: Amsterdam, after 1615 - before c. 1652, paper, engraving, h 140 mm × w 177 mm

---

Size: 4603px × 3693px
Location:
Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, 140, 177, 1615, 1652, amsterdam, august, bed, bedroom, book, claes, cloucke, de, dolendo, engraving, eyes, gheyn, gouges, honorable, ii, jacob, jansz, leiden, lucia, lucretia, maker, mentioned, mirror, mm, object, page, paper, print, publisher, raped, rushes, series, servant, shame, sixtus, solemn, son, stabs, standing, stop, tarquinius, text, title, tyrant, verso, visscher, wise, women, zacharias, ×