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Botticelli tries here to tell the story of Lucretia in three parts - but I must admit I can’t follow him. On the left section Lucretia is threatened by her rapist Sextus Tarquinius. In the middle we see obviously her funeral and public outrage. The man standing over her casket if probably Lucius Junius Brutus (no, not that Brutus who killed Caesar). And at the very right her death and discovery by her family.

The setting is certainly Roman, but the ‘costumes’ reflect more  Botticelli’s own era. Nice perspective for the architecture.

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