Why it matters
Lucretia, wife of a Roman general, is shown at the moment of her suicide. Artemisia Gentileschi painted her three times; this version dates from her stay in Venice.
Did you know?
- It dates from the late 1620s.
- Poems by Giovanni Francesco Loredan from 1627 probably refer to it.
- It sold for a record $5.3 million in 2019; the Getty acquired it in 2021.
Based on the Wikipedia article Lucretia (Artemisia Gentileschi, Los Angeles) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
