Rape of Lucretia

Quick Overview

Artist: Giuseppe Cades / Italian, 1750-1799
Date: 1795
Medium: Pen and black ink with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 43.5 × 27.6 cm (17 3/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: drawings (visual works)
Place: Italy
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Accession no.: 1922.648

The Meeting of Gautier, Count of Antwerp, and his Daughter, Violante
Giuseppe Cades
c. 1787 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00000781
Birth of the Virgin
Giuseppe Cades
c. 1784 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00005985
Portrait of a Lady with an Elaborate Cartouche
Giuseppe Cades
1785 · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00011123
The Dead Christ Mourned by Saint Mary Magdalen (recto); The Holy Family with an Attendant (verso)
Giuseppe Cades
1778–87 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019685

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.