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The death of Marcus Curtius

Lost Art-ID
592245
Artist / Creator
Meister IO.F.F., Oberitalien
Title
The death of Marcus Curtius
Dating
1501/1520
Object type
Medal / badge
Group of reported objects
Numismatics
Material / Technique
Metal (Bronze) / cast
Width
6.10 cm
Diameter
9.40 cm
Description

Bange-WV, Nr.: 659 (Α. N. 958. Inv. 1252.) Titel: Der Opfertod des Marcus Curtius. Curtius on horseback falls into the abyss, seen from behind. On either side of a baldachin-like structure stand several naked men and a rider on the right. At the right side of the abyss the inscription IO - F. Served as decoration of a sword pommel. Bas-relief. Bronze. Cartridge size. H. 9,4, Br. 6,1 cm. Pierced at the top;

Planiscig, 1936, Nr. 57: Titel: Der Opfertod des Marcus Curtius. Bronze plaque. 9'4 x 6'1 cm

Provenance
acquired 1880 in Florence with the Bardini Collection; Collection Erich Lederer, Vienna (1936); to Johann Baptist Gudenus, Vienna for safekeeping (until 1945 - looted during the last days of the war); [...]; whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Molinier, Les plaq. Nr. 139; E. L. Bange, Die italienischen Bronzen der Renaissance und des Barock, 2. Teil: Reliefs und Plaketten, Berlin 1922, Nr. 659, Abb. Tafel 58; Leo Planiscig, Ernst Kris, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Juni-Juli 1936, Nr. 57 (Sammlung L., Wien); Sophie Lillie, Klimt's Women Collectors: The Pulitzer Sisters Szerena Lederer, Jenny Steiner and Aranka Munk, Diss. Wien, 2014, S. 197
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