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Lucrezia Borgia (© National Gallery, London)
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© National Gallery, London

Lucrezia Borgia

Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 - 1882)

Location: Tate

Date: 1860 - 1861

Materials: pencil & watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 44 x 26 cm

Gift:

Review number: 188 (1916)

Provenance:
Collection of Mr F R Leyland, but Rosetti took it back to repaint the figure of Lucretia. Purchased by G Rae in 1874.

Description:
Lucrezia Borgia washing her hands after preparing a poison draft. In a mirror is a reflection of Alphonso, her husband, and Pope Alexander IV.

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