Lucretia recounts to her family and friends her rape by Tarquin: L. Junius Brutus seizes the dagger with which she stabbed herself, and vows vengeance. Engraving by D. Cunego after G. Hamilton.

  • Hamilton, Gavin, 1723-1798.
Date:
[1768]
Reference:
2889841i
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[Rome?] : [Gavin Hamilton?], [1768]

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1 print : engraving ; platemark 34.7 x 38.7 cm

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Brutus. From the original painting in the possession of the Right Hon.ble the Earl of Hoptoun. Brutus illis luctu occupatis, cultrum ex vulnere Lucretiae extractum manantem cruore prae se tenens ... Tit. Liv. lib I. While they were employed in lamenting the fate of Lucretia, Brutus pulling the knife out of the wound ... reign at Rome. Gavinus Hamilton pinxit ; Dominicus Cunego sculpsit Romae 1768. Below the image are engraved the description of the episode by Livy in Latin and the same in English translation

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Wellcome Collection 2889841i

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