Album 2
arrow left swipe to the left Visible reflectance photograph Verso of the second sheet, Album 2 activate zoom zoom tool
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Visible reflectance photograph Various single figure studies, depiction of Marcus Curtius activate zoom zoom tool arrow right swipe to the right
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Works on this double page

  • Visible reflectance photograph Black chalk drawing of five figure studies. The lower left figure is turned at a right angle to the edge of the sheet.
  • Visible reflectance photograph Chalk drawing of a frontal view of a standing female figure with a shawl swung far over her head
  • Visible reflectance photograph Black chalk drawing of a mounted soldier on a stumbling horse after the relief depicting Marcus Curtius in the Capitoline Museums
  • Visible reflectance photograph Profile view of a male nude leaning on a staff, drawn in black chalk
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Album 2, Leaf 3

The antiquities visible in many places in Rome provided the model for many of the drawings. One of the best-known pieces is the relief reproduced here in the bottom left-hand corner, which shows the soldier Marcus Curtius plunging to his death by making his horse leap into the deep gorge that opened up during an earthquake at the Roman Forum.

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