Francesco Trevisani, 1656 - 1746
Detail; LUCRETIA, circa 1685–90
Oil on canvas
98.4 x 74.5 cm.; 38 3/4 x 29 1/4 in.
Private collection
Francesco Trevisani, 1656 - 1746
LUCRETIA, circa 1685–90
Oil on canvas
98.4 x 74.5 cm.; 38 3/4 x 29 1/4 in.
Private collection
Lucretia, legendary heroine of ancient Rome. According to tradition, she was the beautiful and virtuous wife of the nobleman Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus. Her tragedy began when she was raped by Sextus Tarquinius, son of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the tyrannical Etruscan king of Rome. After exacting an oath of vengeance against the Tarquins from her father and her husband, she stabbed herself to death. Lucius Junius Brutus then led the enraged populace in a rebellion that drove the Tarquins from Rome. The event (traditionally dated 509 BCE) marks the foundation of the Roman Republic. The story is first found in the work of the earliest Roman historian, Fabius Pictor (late 3rd century BCE). Its classic form is Livy’s version (late 1st century BCE). Lucretia’s story is also recounted in Shakespeare’s narrative poem The Rape of Lucrece. More on Lucretia
Francesco Trevisani (April 9, 1656 – July 30,
1746) was an Italian painter, active in the early Rococo or late
Baroque period.
Born in
Capodistria, he was the son of an architect, by whom he was instructed in the
first rudiments of design. He then studied in Venice. He moved to Rome, where
he remained until his death, in 1746. His brother, Angelo Trevisani remained a
prominent painter in Venice.
In Rome,
he was supported by Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni. He was also favored with the
patronage of Cardinal Chigi. Chigi employed him in several considerable works,
and recommended him to the protection of Pope Clement XI, who not only
commissioned him to paint one of the prophets in San Giovanni Laterano, but
engaged him to decorate the cupola of the cathedral in Urbino. He was employed
by the Duke of Modena, in copying the works of Correggio and Parmigianino, and
also painted in Brunswick, Madrid, Munich, Stockholm, and Vienna.
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