Plate

1516 - 1576

Italian

According to Livy's "History of Rome", completed in about the year 9, the Roman hero Marcus Curtius, seen on this plate, sacrificed himself to save Rome by plunging on horseback into a chasm that had opened in the Roman Forum.

Maiolica

1 5/8 x 17 1/4 in. (4.1 x 43.8 cm)

marli 2 ½ in. wide

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

57.50

Provenance: Spitzer Collection sale in 1893, Volume 4, No. 118, catalogued by Emile Molinier in 1892; [David Benzaria, New York, by 1956]; purchased from Mr. Benzaria by Seattle Art Museum, January 4, 1957

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

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