The painting has been described as one of D*rer's most unpopular works, with many art historians, including Max Friedl*nder and Erwin Panofsky, commenting unfavourably on apparent qualities such as ``austerity and awkwardness''. Art historian Fedja Anzelewsky described her as ``a parody rather than an exaltation of the classical feminine figure.'' The feminist scholar Linda Hults observes how ``there is a mechanical quality to Lucretia's suicidal gesture; it seems to operate apart from her facial expression, and it does not seem to require the assistance of her other arm, which is oddly placed behind her back.''
Linda Hults
Lucretia