The Death of Lucretia

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The Death of Lucretia

Italy, circa 1735 - 1737
Paintings
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 71 × 56 in. (180.34 × 142.24 cm) Frame: 85 × 67 × 4 in. (215.9 × 170.18 × 10.16 cm)
Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (M.82.75)
European Painting
Not currently on public view

Provenance

Possibly commissioned for the prince of Aragon, Naples, or Antonio Widmann, Venice. Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., New York. Private collection, New York.

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Possibly commissioned for the prince of Aragon, Naples, or Antonio Widmann, Venice. Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., New York. Private collection, New York. Rejace collection, New York. [Maurice Segoura Inc., New York, by 1981, sold 1982 to]; LACMA.
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Bibliography

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  • Phil Freshman. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Report, July 1, 1981-June 30, 1983. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 1, Italian Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.
  • Phil Freshman. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Report, July 1, 1981-June 30, 1983. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
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  • Conisbee, Philip et al. The Ahmanson Gifts: European Masterpieces in the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.


  • King, Jennifer, ed. Vera Lutter: Museum in the Camera. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2020.

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