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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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