# Lucretia, in Raphael

Raphael drew this in 1508–10, aged about 25. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> Lucretia, the Roman noblewoman who took her own life after being raped by the king’s son, an act that led to the founding of the Roman Republic, raises a dagger to her breast. Raphael drew her in pen and ink over black chalk around 1508–10, soon after arriving in Rome, basing the figure on ancient sculpture.

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## The work

- Date: 1508–10
- Medium: Pen and brown ink over black chalk, partially incised with a stylus (recto); rubbed with black chalk for transfer (verso)
- Dimensions: 15-5/8 x 11-1/2 in. (39.7 x 29.2 cm)
- Type: Drawings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997.153
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Raphael](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/raphael), Italian, 1483–1520

Raphael trained in Urbino and in Perugino’s orbit, absorbed the lessons of Leonardo and Michelangelo in Florence from 1504, and in 1508 was called to Rome by Pope Julius II.

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