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J.-L. Zimmermann, Collection de la Fondation Thétis, Geneva, 1987, p. 93, no. 169.
It has been suggested that this represents Lucretia, wife of the governor Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, who according to Livy was known for her virtue and loyalty. She was raped by Sextus Tarquinius, the son of the legendary seventh and last king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. Subsequently Lucretia revealed the crime to her husband and father, and prefering death to dishonour, took her own life with a dagger.
J.-L. Zimmermann, Collection de la Fondation Thétis, Geneva, 1987, p. 93, no. 169.
It has been suggested that this represents Lucretia, wife of the governor Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, who according to Livy was known for her virtue and loyalty. She was raped by Sextus Tarquinius, the son of the legendary seventh and last king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. Subsequently Lucretia revealed the crime to her husband and father, and prefering death to dishonour, took her own life with a dagger.