art_Rembrandt - Lucretia 1666

I am still not very convinced by Rembrandt’s second attempt to paint the tragedy of Lucretia. The wound wound looks more like a soup stain, the dagger is hard to see and what’s with the rope?

Sorry for the bad image quality - anyone got a better file?

Part of the Art Motive Series: "The Story of Lucretia"

orangeguru (12-09 14:52) | Permalink
Tags: female, Lucretia, painting, Rembrandt, roman history, violence

9. December 2007 -- Rembrandt - Lucretia 1664
9. December 2007 -- Sandro Botticelli - The Story of Lucretia 1504
9. December 2007 -- Titian - The Rape of Lucretia (Tarquin and Lucretia) 1571
9. December 2007 -- Guido Cagnacci - Lucretia 1650
9. December 2007 -- Ludovico Mazzanti - The Death of Lucretia 1737
9. December 2007 -- Antonio Bellucci - The Rape of Lucretia 1700
9. December 2007 -- Art Motive: The Story of Lucretia
9. December 2007 -- Damian Campeny Y Estany - The dying Lucretia 1834
6. November 2007 -- Paul Delaroche - The Execution of Lady Jane Grey
27. October 2007 -- Charles William Mitchell - Hypatia
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3. December 2007 -- John Everett Millais - Blind Girl 1856

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