Lucretia, Veturia and Virginia

1516

Hans Burgkmair I

Associated Names
Hans Burgkmair I

Artist, German, 1473 - 1531

This image shows a three-quarter view of three women standing side by side. The central figure wears an ornate and elaborate dress with detailed patterns, a crown, feathered headpiece, and jewelry. The woman on the left holds a sword and wears a simpler gown with a headscarf. The woman on the right holds a model of a building and wears a flowing gown with styled hair. Each woman stands with one foot visible above their respective shields labeled "LVC," "SPQR," and with an eagle. The background is plain. Text at the top labels the figures as "DREI GVT HAIDIN LVRECIAVETVRIA VIRGINIA."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 19.3 x 13 cm (7 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1944.8.52

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 252

  • Series Title

    Heroes and Heroines

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Count Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg [1805-1865], Klein-Oels, Silésie (Lugt 2669), and by descent to his heirs; (sale 176, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 2-3 May 1932, no. 308); Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1944.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 1, repro.

2012

  • Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475-1540, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX; Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2012-2014, no. 45.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1990

  • Russell 1990, cat.no.1.

Wikidata ID

Q65020612

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