Lucretia

ca. 1550 (Renaissance)

24 cm 34.5 cm

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This exquisite marble sculpture is one of a series of small reliefs attributed to Mosca showing heroes and heroines of antiquity. Represented here is the story of Lucretia, who, after having been raped by Sextus Tarquinius, stabs herself in front of a group, including her husb...

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In the Benoit-Oppenheim Collection, Berlin, until 1907. Lippmann Collection, London, until 1927; purchased by Jacques Seligmann and Company (through Frederik Muller & Cie Sale, lot no. IX) Paris, 1927; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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