Louis-Joseph LE LORRAIN (1715 - 1759): The Death of Lucretia - 1742
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Etching, 291 x 223 mm. IFF 6.
Very fine impression printed on laid paper. Very good condition.
The Death of Lucretia reproduces a painting by Jean-François de Troy in 1742. This painting, now lost, was part of a commission of six paintings made to de Troy by the Cardinal de Tencin during his stay in Rome between 1739 and 1742.
Reference: Daniel Ternois: ‘En marge du ‘Jugement de Salomon’ de Jean-François de Troy’. In: Bulletin des musées et monuments lyonnais, Volume 6, 1978 no. 1, pp. 9-22. (read online)