Antique Master Print-LUCRETIA-TARQUIN-RAPE-Cornelis Cort-Tiziano Vecellio-1571

Subject: Antique print, titled: ‘The Rape of Lucretia by Tarquin’, Tarquin attacking the nude Lucretia with a knife. A second male figure in the background.

Condition: Good, given age. Margins cropped to the image edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Copperplate engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 27.3 x 38.1 cm. The image size is ca. 26.8 x 37.4 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 10.7 x 15 inch. The image size is ca. 10.6 x 14.7 inch.

Part Number: 45500

Location: (PCO) R1-033 / PCO-Expo-203

Description: One of two works which Cort engraved for Titian in Venice in the years 1570-1. Ref: New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish, Cort 191. Very rare.

Artists and Engravers: Made by Cornelio Cort after Titianus. Cornelis Cort (1533-1578) was a Dutch draughtsman and engraver. He was known as Cornelio Flammingo while he was in Italy (from 1565 until his death). He started an art academy in Rome, where Carracci was among his students.