Marcus Curtius on horseback
(c. 1590)
plate 4 from The Roman heroes series
Medium
engraving
Measurements
23.5 × 15.4 cm irreg. (image) 25.0 × 15.7 cm (plate) 26.0 × 16.2 cm irreg. (sheet, trimmed within platemark on one side)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1927
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 167
Printing/Publishing
published by Hans Jacops, Amsterdam, (c. 1590)
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: 4
printed in ink l.l.: Curtius in vastum sese telluris hiatum / Conijcit, vt patria cedat acerba lucs.
printed in ink l.c.: J'nunc et spernas patria coelestis amores / Dura pati, et purtis sydera vincat humus
printed in ink l.r.: 5
Accession Number
3382-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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