The Story of Lucretia (Botticelli)
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| The History of Lucretia |
| Sandro Botticelli, 1496-1504 |
| Tempera on panel |
| 83,5 × 180 cm |
| Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
The History of Lucretia is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli, painted between 1496 and 1504. It is housed in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Boston.
The soldier's revolt takes the centre stage, and the preceding episodes are grouped around it. In the centre of the picture Lucretia's corpse is on public display as if she was a heroine. Above the dead woman, Brutus is calling on the army to take revenge. The soldiers are rushing up in front of the triumphal arch and the statue of David which is placed high on a column.
The use of architecture in this picture has been paralleled to that of the contemporary Filippino Lippi.
