Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Abyss

Francesco Salviati · 1555/63 · Art Institute of Chicago

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Maker: Francesco de'Rossi, called Salviati, Italian, 1510-1563
Date: 1555/63
Medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, with traces of black chalk, on oval-shaped tan laid paper, edge mounted on tan wove paper, laid down on ivory wove card
Dimensions: 6.4 × 10.7 cm (2 9/16 × 4 1/4 in.)
Place of origin: Italy
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

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Maker

Francesco de'Rossi, called Salviati, Italian, 1510-1563

Date

1555/63

Medium

Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, with traces of black chalk, on oval-shaped tan laid paper, edge mounted on tan wove paper, laid down on ivory wove card

Dimensions

6.4 × 10.7 cm (2 9/16 × 4 1/4 in.)

Place of origin

Italy

Held by

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view

Credit line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

See this work at Art Institute of Chicago

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0