Lucretia

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Mazzanti, Ludovico: The Death of Lucretia

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Lucretia: References & Edit History

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: National Gallery of Art, Washington - Lucretia.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 07, 2015
	Added image of Ludovico Mazzanti's painting The Death of Lucretia.	Virginia Gorlinski	Dec 20, 2010
	Add new Web site: Washington State University - The Rape of Lucretia.	Dutta Promeet	Aug 18, 2010
	Article revised and updated.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Aug 09, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998