Artwork Replica The Story of Lucretia by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510, Italy) | WahooArt.com

"The Story of Lucretia"

Sandro Botticelli (i) - Oil (i) - Italian Renaissance (i) The Tragedy of Lucretia is a tempera and oil painting on a wood cassone or spalliera panel by the Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli, painted between 1496 and 1504. Known less formally as the Botticelli Lucretia, it is housed in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Boston, having been owned by Isabella Stewart Gardner in her lifetime. The picture is a syncretion of scenes from different legendary themes in different time periods that Botticelli considered related. The topic is revolt against tyranny, a popular one in the volatile Italian republics. The main scene is given center foreground.