Rembrandt van RijnDutch, 1606–1669Lucretia
Can I see it?
Yes, on view now
Where is “Lucretia” now? National Gallery of Art, Gallery 51 · West Building, Main Floor, Washington, D.C. Yes, on view now. Checked October 12, 2026.
Closed· opens at 10:00 AM
On public display.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Lucretia is a 1664 history painting of Roman noblewoman Lucretia, historically attributed to the Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt in the collection of the National Gallery of Art. In 2015, Ernst van de Wetering of the Rembrandt Research Project said that "the formal properties and execution of [this] painting, I am convinced, exclude the possibility that it could be an autograph work by Rembrandt", and that the painting recalls Aert de Gelder. The painting is not included in the project's 2015 Rembrandt corpus (while the 1666 Lucretia is).
Details
- Accession number
- 1937.1.76
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- National Gallery of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access
In the life of Rembrandt van Rijn
The whole life1631–1669 · Workplace
Amsterdam
1661–1663
Pupil: Arent de Gelder
July 1663
Death of Hendrickje Stoffels
Hendrickje died in July 1663. Her death is sometimes linked to the plague, though the burial records of those days do not confirm an epidemic at that moment.
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