Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Chasm

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Giovanni Paolo Panini

Title

Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Chasm

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1713–1723

Medium

Pen and brown ink and iron-gall ink, brush and black and gray ink, and black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laminate card

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower left, in pen and brown ink: "J. P. Panini"; lower right, in pen and brown ink: "Pr. Mr. Mariette"; recto on Mariette mount, lower center:, in pen and black ink: "JOAN . PAULI / PANINI" [enclosed within a cartouche]; verso on mount, lower center, in pen and black ink: "Marcus Curtius"

Dimensions

27.4 × 41.8 cm (10 13/16 × 16 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray

Reference Number

2022.87

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