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Lucretia Killing Herself, from The Story of Lucretia by Hendrick Goltzius — VisualArtsDB

Lucretia Killing Herself, from The Story of Lucretia

Lucretia Killing Herself, from The Story of Lucretia

Hendrick Goltzius

1578–1579

Medium: Engraving on laid paper
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 20.6 × 24.9 cm (8 1/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Genre: print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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engravingprintprints and drawingpaper

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