Lucrecia and her Husband
around 1515 | Tiziano Vecellio, gen. Tizian
This material for painting derives from Ovid’s “Fasti” and was used by Titian several times: Lucrecia, wife of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, was raped by Sextus Tarquinius, son of the king. To save her honour as a woman and thus that of her husband, she stabs herself after demanding that her husband take revenge. By means of brush-work that is in part highly delicate and by paying great attention to the sensuality of the material, Titian succeeds in bringing to life the heroine’s moral greatness.
This material for painting derives from Ovid’s “Fasti” and was used by Titian several times: Lucrecia, wife of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, was raped by Sextus Tarquinius, son of the king. To save her honour as a woman and thus that of her husband, she stabs herself after demanding that her husband take revenge. By means of brush-work that is in part highly delicate and by paying great attention to the sensuality of the material, Titian succeeds in bringing to life the heroine’s moral greatness.
Artist:
Tiziano Vecellio, gen. Tizian (um 1488 Pieve di Cadore - 1576 Venedig) DNB
Time:
around 1515
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, Venetian
Material/technology:
Poplar wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 82 cm × 68 cm
Framed: 105 cm × 91 cm × 7 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 67
Provenance
1636 Coll. King Charles I of England; Coll. Leopold Wilhelm