Suicide of Lucretia | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R1445
People: Claude Mellan, French (Abbeville 1598 - 1688 Paris)
After Simon Vouet, French (Paris 1590 - 1649 Paris)
Title: Suicide of Lucretia
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Lucretia with the dagger
Original Language Title: Le Suicide de Lucrece
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 17th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/240695

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Engraving

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Préaud 132; de Montaiglon 122

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R1445
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Marie-Claire Planche, "Seul ou entouré: Les personnages secondaires, une nécessité expressive?", Littératures classiques, Presses universitaires du Midi (2022), No. 107, pp. 177-193, pp. 181-182, repr. p. 182 as fig. 1

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R1445: Suicide of Lucretia