![]() ![]() (33.1 x 26.4 in.) Description: Sale: Estimate. ![]() They found the wives at a banquet but Lucretia, the wife of Collatinus was at home later one of the men (Sextus) raped her. Title: Lukretia und ihr Gemahl Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus. In very good condition (tiny printer’s creases at bottom edge away from image), with thread margins on old laid paper with part of a Gothic P watermark, 8 1/8 x 9 1/8 inches, archival mounting.Ī fine impression of this brilliant, complex masterpiece.Īrt historian Carl Van Mander particularly admired this engraving, especially because Goltzius -contrary to custom - clothed his figures in modern (16th C) Netherlandish costume.ĭuring the siege of the city of Ardea by the Roman king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus two of his sons and his nephew Collatinus, with some downtime to spare, returned to Rome with the idea of paying a surprise visit to their wives. First of the series (of 4) The History of Lucretia. For this, we must thank and celebrate Lucius Junius Brutus who, along with Lucius Collatinus, overthrew the last Roman king, the vile Tarquinius Superbus. References: Bartsch 104, Hirschmann 171, Strauss 17, only state. Collatinus was the son of Arruns Tarquinius, better known as Egerius, a nephew of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, the fifth King of Rome. He was forced to resign his office and go into exile as a result of the hatred he had helped engender in the people against the former ruling house. The two men had led the revolution which overthrew the Roman monarchy. original copper engraving ca.31x42cm (representation/image.Theme: People, Landscapes, Portraits, Military. Collatinus was one of the first two consuls of the Roman Republic in 509 BC, together with Lucius Junius Brutus. Lucius Junius Brutus and Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, were elected by the prefect. Pinelli, Bartolomeo (1781 in Rome 1835 ibid): Bruto e Collatino primi Consolu di Roma. Tarquinius Collatinus, Lucius, great-nephew of Tarquinius Priscus, husband of Lucretia, and one of the founders of the Roman republic. Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), The Banquet at the House of Tarquinius, or The Banquet of Turquinius Collatinus, engraving, c. A few days after, without the knowledge of Collatinus, Sextus came to.
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