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Death of Lucretia

(Dutch, 1571–1638)
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut in two tone blocks and one line block
DimensionsSheet: 27.2 × 32.6 cm (10 11/16 × 12 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP1630
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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?
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, purchased by the MFA. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)