Beatrice Cenci

A possible [[Portrait of Beatrice Cenci|portrait of Cenci]] variously attributed to [[Guido Reni|Reni]] or [[Elisabetta Sirani|Sirani]], supposedly from life,{{efn|In fact, Reni would not have been in Rome at the time of her trial and the portrait is more likely intended to represent a [[sibyl]].{{sfnp|Nicholl|1998}}}} praised by [[Stendhal]], [[Dickens]], and [[Nathaniel Hawthorne|Hawthorne]] and inspiring [[Percy Bysshe Shelley|Shelley]]'s [[The Cenci|verse play of her life]].{{sfnp|Nicholl|1998}} Beatrice Cenci (; 6 February 157711 September 1599) was a Roman noblewoman imprisoned by her father, who repeatedly raped her. To escape the abuse and get away from the house, she killed him. The story of the murder and what led up to it shocked Europe. Despite outpourings of public sympathy, Beatrice Cenci was beheaded in 1599 after a lurid murder trial in Rome that gave rise to an enduring legend about her. Provided by Wikipedia
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