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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