History & Battles
The Rape of Lucretia
c.1853-76Salted paper print? | 28.4 x 20.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852204
The drawing largely corresponds to the left-hand portion of an angraving by Agostino Veneziano, lettered with an inscription crediting Raphael with the invention of the composition. It has been suggested that the composition may derive from a fresco of this subject painted by Giulio Romano in the Camerino dei Falconi in the Palazzo Ducale, Mantua. A second state impression of Agostino's engraving can be found at RCIN 852202. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
Creator(s)
After a work attributed to Perino del Vaga (Florence 1501-Rome 1547) (artist)
After a work attributed to Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536) (artist)
28.4 x 20.1 cm (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- History
- Ancient History
- Roman history
- Ancient History
- History
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.236, under no.VIII.1 (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
pp.172-3, no.49 (Clayton 1999 : Clayton, M. Raphael and his Circle. Drawings from Windsor Castle, London)
no. 812 (P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London)