Focus on Brutus, Lucretia and Collatinus and analyze the abstract.
Brutus, Lucretia and Collatinus is a painting of c. 1490–1493 in tempera on panel, attributed to Giovan Francesco Maineri but from preparatory drawings by Ercole de' Roberti. It is in the Galleria Estense in Modena.This panel, The Wife of Hasdrubal and Her Children and Brutus and Portia were originally part of a series of works depicting famous women of antiquity, probably commissioned by Ercole I d'Este's wife Eleanor of Aragon and referring back to the motto of her father, Ferdinand I of Naples: "Preferisco la morte al disonore" ('I prefer death to dishonour').
Brutus and Portia panel Giovan Francesco Maineri tempera Galleria Estense Ferdinand I of Naples Modena Ercole I d'Este The Wife of Hasdrubal and Her Children Ercole de' Roberti Eleanor of Aragon