The Sacrifice of Marcus Curtius

1640s

Franz Cleyn

Artist, German, 1582 - 1658

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 18.1 x 28.9 cm (7 1/8 x 11 3/8 in.)
    support: 26 x 37.3 cm (10 1/4 x 14 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1984.45.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

P. Sylvester (Lugt 2876)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1987

  • English Drawings and Watercolors, 1630-1850, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987-1988, no cat.

Bibliography

1959

  • Boerner 10/1-10/22/82, 77.

1979

  • Zeichnung in Deutschland: Deutsche Zeichner, 1540-1640. Exh. cat. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 1979: II: 144.

1985

  • Kaufmann, Thomas Dacosta. "A Census of Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, 1540-1680, in North American Collections" Central European History xviii, 1 (1985):4-13, 70-74, 80.

Inscriptions

in unknown hand, lower left in black chalk: Fr Cline; lower center verso in graphite, upside down, on mount: 299 (encircled)

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q64570490

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