This painting shows a woman seated outdoors, looking towards the right. She has a fair complexion, a round face, and dark brown hair styled back under a large gold headdress. She wears a pinkish-red gown with a green cloak or blanket around her skirts, and she holds a golden palm frond in one hand and points to an open book that rests on her knees with the other. She has a gold necklace or small collar around her neck and a halo of small golden dots around her head. The background on the left features a gray building in shadow, with a tall gray statue standing in a niche. The background on…
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Saint Lucretia

Dosso Dossi (Ferrarese, active 1512 - 1542)

c. 1520

Medium
oil on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall (original panel): 51.8 x 40.7 x 1.2 cm (20 3/8 x 16 x 1/2 in.) ; overall (including cradle): 53.3 x 41.9 x 3.7 cm (21 x 16 1/2 x 1 7/16 in.)
Culture
Ferrarese
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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