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LOTTO, Lorenzo: Portrait of a Lady as Lucretia

🖼 Portrait of a Lady as Lucretia, 1530-32
Oil on canvas
96 × 111 cm
London, United Kingdom

Rendered in soft oil glazes, a contemplative woman holds a dagger and tablet inscribed with her name, posed against shadowed drapery. Lotto transforms the classical suicide narrative into psychological portraiture, exploring female virtue and agency through intimate introspection rather than dramatic action.

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