Cranach: Lucretia in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin

Cranach: Lucretia in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin

Cranach: Lucretia, 1533, in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin

The suicide of Lucretia was a popular theme in Renaissance art, as it could portray a nude female.

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