The woman this with a knife, half naked, topless in this portrait is Lucretia. Her upper body is exposed, leaving torso and breasts naked.
According to Roman tradition, Lucretia was the daughter of Titus Lucretius Tricipitinus and the wife of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus. She was known for her beauty and even more for her virtue.
Sextus Tarquinius Superbus, one of the king's sons, captured an illicit desire for her at the sight of Lucretia's beauty and chastity.
Staying as a guest in the house of Tarquinius Collatinus, he violently dishonored Lucretia, committing two crimes at once (both against a Roman lady, and against the laws of hospitality).
After she told her husband and father about the prince's disgrace and ordered them to avenge her, she committed suicide with a knife that she had hidden under her clothes.
Guido Reni (pronunciation: gwē'dō rĕ'nē) (Bologna, 4 November 1575 - there, 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter. As a child he could regularly be found in the studio of the Flemish painter Denis Calvaert in Bologna.
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