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Death of Lucretia

(Dutch, 1571–1638)
1612
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut in two tone blocks and one line block
DimensionsSheet: 27.4 × 32.8 cm (10 13/16 × 12 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession numberK40
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscription in letterpress in lower margin, lower left: Nataiaces, cast: exemplum memorabile zeli,/Nataiaces, gemino sed superatamalo; and lower right: Corruptum est corpus, men's incorrupta remansit:/In te damnasti, cur scelus alterius?
ProvenanceDecember, 1892, purchased from F. Meder (dealer, New York) by Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900), Leipzig and Boston; October 20, 1898, his gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 20, 1898)