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Marcus Curtius on horseback

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)
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
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1927
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
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Gallery location
Not on display