Romeinse soldaat Marcus Curtius in wapenrusting te paard stort zich in kloof, Marcantonio Raimondi, 1500 - 1527

Title(s)

Romeinse soldaat Marcus Curtius in wapenrusting te paard stort zich in kloof
Romeinse helden te paard (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1912-390

Catalogue reference

• Bartsch 191

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 1522
• collector's mark
• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Romeinse soldaat Marcus Curtius in wapenrusting te paard stort zich in kloof. Op tekstband boven de voorstelling staat de naam CVRTIVS.

Artist

• print maker: Marcantonio Raimondi
• after own design by: Marcantonio Raimondi

Place

Italy

Dating

1500 - 1527

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 175 mm × width 118 mm

What

• death, i.e. the self-sacrifice of Marcus (Manlius) Curtius: he leaps on horseback into a chasm with lethal fumes

Acquisition

purchase 1912

Copyright

Public domain

• Marc-Antoine Raimondi : illustrations du catalogue de son oeuvre gravé par Henri Delaborde publié en 1888, p. 34, cat.nr. 184
• Marc-Antoine Raimondi : étude historique et critique, suivie d'un catalogue raisonné des oeuvres du maître, p. 212, cat.nr. 184