# Tanaquil

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BECCAFUMI, Domenico](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on wood, 92 x 53 cm

## Commentary

The painting depicts Tanaquil, the wife of king Tarquinius Priscus who prepared the crowning of Servius Tullius. It belongs to the series representing famous women, and executed for the Palazzo Petrucci in Siena.

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- [Birth of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/birth-of-the-virgin-r437bb2603be443>)
- [Fall of the Rebel Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/fall-of-the-rebel-angels-r87e74ec391e9a5>)
- [Fall of the Rebel Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beccafumi-domenico-r95023343e20f15/fall-of-the-rebel-angels-rd913e2b9404f88>)
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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)