Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Chasm

Provenance

Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694–1774) [stamp (Lugt 1852) recto, lower right, in black and his mount]; sold, Paris, Nov. 15, 1775–Jan. 30, 1776, lot 574. Thomas Williams Fine Art, London, 2002. Sold by Salamander Fine Arts, London, to Richard and Mary L. Gray, Chicago, June 13, 2005 (promised to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019); given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2022.

Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Chasm

Giovanni Paolo Panini

c. 1718

Accession Number

202301

Medium

Pen and brown ink and iron-gall ink, brush and black and gray ink, and black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laminate card

Dimensions

27.4 × 41.8 cm (10 13/16 × 16 1/2 in.)

Classification

drawings (visual works)

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray