Brutus, Lucretia and Collatinus

Brutus, Lucretia and Collatinus is a painting of c. 1490–1493 in tempera on panel, attributed to Giovan Francesco Maineri but from preparatory drawings by Ercole de' Roberti. It is in the Galleria Estense in Modena.[1]

Brutus, Lucretia and Collatinus
ArtistGiovan Francesco Maineri, after Ercole de' Roberti
Yearc. 1490–1493
MediumTempera on panel
Dimensions47 cm × 30 cm (19 in × 12 in)
LocationGalleria Estense, Modena

This panel, The Wife of Hasdrubal and Her Children and Brutus and Portia were originally part of a series of works depicting famous women of antiquity, probably commissioned by Ercole I d'Este's wife Eleanor of Aragon and referring back to the motto of her father, Ferdinand I of Naples: "Preferisco la morte al disonore" ('I prefer death to dishonour').[2]

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  1. ^ (in Italian) M. Molteni, Ercole de' Roberti, Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo 1995, pp. 177–78, n. 41
  2. ^ Fern Rusk Shapley, Catalogue of the Italian Paintings, 2 vols., Washington, D.C., 1979: 1:410
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