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DÜRER, Albrecht: The Suicide of Lucretia

🖼 The Suicide of Lucretia, 1518
Oil on lime panel
168 × 75 cm
Munich, Germany

Rendered in precise line work, a nude woman drives a dagger into her chest while attendants recoil in horror. Dürer transforms the classical suicide myth into psychological drama, exploring honor, violation, and female agency through Northern Renaissance printmaking technique.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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