1533, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Lucretia -- Gemäldegalerie (Berlin)
From the museum label: The antique legend of the virtuous and beautiful Lucretia was a popular visual subject in the sixteenth century. Lucretia stabbed herself to death after being raped by a companion of her husband Collatinus. In doing so, she embodied the ideal of the honourable woman. In Cranach's painting the dagger becomes an accessory. The actual subject is the desirable, full-length female nude.
1533, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Lucretia -- Gemäldegalerie (Berlin)
From the museum label: The antique legend of the virtuous and beautiful Lucretia was a popular visual subject in the sixteenth century. Lucretia stabbed herself to death after being raped by a companion of her husband Collatinus. In doing so, she embodied the ideal of the honourable woman. In Cranach's painting the dagger becomes an accessory. The actual subject is the desirable, full-length female nude.