Tarquin and Lucretia

painting by Titian

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In Titian: Mythological paintings
…for Philip II was the Tarquin and Lucretia, a dramatic work of great vigour that proves that the aged master had lost none of his creative powers. Rather than Lucretia’s suicide because of her rape by Tarquin, which is the more common subject, Titian chose to represent Tarquin’s violent attack…
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