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John Martin, 1789–1854, British, Marcus Curtius
- Title:
Marcus Curtius
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 22 3/8 × 30 1/4 inches (56.8 × 76.8 cm), Plate: 22 3/16 × 30 1/8 inches (56.4 × 76.5 cm), Image: 18 3/4 × 27 15/16 inches (47.6 × 71 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Lettered, lower center: "Designed & Engrad by John Martin K.L. Member of the Academy of Antwerp Historical Painter to H.M.King of the Belgiums &c &c &c. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORD VISCOUNT MELBOURNE, &C.&C.&C. | THIS PLATE IS INSCRIBED AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT AND GRATITUDE | BY HIS LORDSHIP'S MOST OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT | JOHN MARTIN"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11943
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- (story of) Marcus (Manlius) Curtius | audience | building | chaos | chasm | cityscape | cloud | crowd | daylight | death | death, i.e. the self-sacrifice of Marcus (Manlius) Curtius: he leaps on horseback into a chasm with lethal fumes | earthquake | fainting | fortress | horse (animal) | man | pillar | religious and mythological subject | rock | sacrifice | soldier | statue | woman
- Associated Places:
- Italy | Lazio | Roma | Roma | Roman Forum
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31728
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