Lucrecia and her Husband

around 1515, Artist: Tiziano Vecellio, gen. Tizian

 

 

Lucrecia and her Husband

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.

Currently not displayed.

Object data

Object Name

Painting

Culture

Italian, Venetian

Dated

around 1515

Artist

Tiziano Vecellio, gen. Tizian (um 1488 Pieve di Cadore - 1576 Venedig) - GND

Material

Poplar wood

Dimensions

Overall: 82 cm × 68 cm
Framed: 105 cm × 91 cm × 7 cm

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie

Inv. No.

Gemäldegalerie, 67

Provenance

1636 Coll. King Charles I of England; Coll. Leopold Wilhelm

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