Albrecht Altdorfer
Lucretia Killing Herself
1519-1529
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Albrecht Altdorfer
Lucretia Killing Herself
1519-1529
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 65 × 38 mm. (2 9/16 × 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.3223
One from an untitled series of four prints. The other prints in the series are Judith with the Head of Holofernes (NewH. e.1), Horatius Cocles Leaping into the Tiber (NewH. e. 35), and Mucius Scaevola Burning his Hand (1946.112.3222, NewH. e.49). Garrett collection contains two out of the four in the series: 1946.112.3222 and 1946.112.3223.
Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower right, in plate monogram "AA" and "DIDO". Verso: upper center in graphite "Altdorfer / B 42"; center in graphite diamond with "595"; lower right in graphite "50[indecipherable]"
Markings: CM: Claghorn, Garrett