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Lucretia seated, half naked, stabbing herself in the stomach with a dagger in her right hand and holding a cloth in her raised left hand, looking upwards, after Pellegrini?

Louis Jacques Cathelin|Louis Jacques Cathelin|Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini|Andrea Casali

1782

Lucretia seated, half naked, stabbing herself in the stomach with a dagger in her right hand and holding a cloth in her raised left hand, looking upwards, after Pellegrini? by Louis Jacques Cathelin|Louis Jacques Cathelin|Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini|Andrea Casali

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 3/8 in. (50.5 × 39 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947

Accession Number

47.100.477

Tags

Female Nudes

Art Historical Context

Behold the poignant engraving *Lucretia Seated, Half Naked, Stabbing Herself in the Stomach with a Dagger*, created by French engraver Louis Jacques Cat in 1782, likely after a composition by the Venetian Rococo master Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini ( possible ties to Andrea Casali). dramatic print captures Lucretia in her final moments: seated, partially nude, thrusting a dagger into her abdomen with her right hand while raising a cloth in her left, her gaze lifted heavenward in anguish and resolve. Measuring nearly 20 by 15 inches, its large sheet size amplifies the emotional intensity, making ...

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