Tarquin and Lucretia (after Jacopo Palma Negreti, known as Palma Vecchio)
David Paton (b.Edinburgh fl.1660-1708)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
1668
Materials
Graphite on vellum
Measurements
176 x 178 x 16 mm
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 1139916
Summary
Miniature, graphite drawing on vellum, Tarquin and Lucretia (after Jacopo Palma Negreti, known as Palma Vecchio) by David Paton (b.Edinburgh fl.1660-1708). 1668. Lucretia, wearing a chemise which has fallen off her left shoulder, clutches a dagger in her right hand, Tarquin, behind her, looks over her right shoulder and seizes her left arm
Marks and inscriptions
signed and dated 1668
Makers and roles
David Paton (b.Edinburgh fl.1660-1708), artist after Jacopo Palma Negreti, known as Palma Vecchio (Lombardy c.1479 – Venice 1528), artist