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Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Abyss
Pseudo-Pacchia · c. 1530
Provenance
Ownership history
- Sir John Clermont Witt (died 1982), London, by 1963 [Lugt Suppl. 646a; London 1963]. Given by P&D Colnaghi, London, to the Art Institute, 1993.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- London, Courtauld Institute Galleries, "The John Witt Collection, Part I: European Schools," January-March 1963, no. 2.
- New York, Colnaghi, "An Exhibition of Master Drawings," 5-22 May 1993, cat. 7; also traveled to Colnaghi, Paris, 9-19 June 1993; and Colnaghi, London, 30 June-9 July 1993.
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Drawings Rediscovered: Italian Drawings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago," Apr. 12-June 22, 1997.
Literature
Published references
- Suzanne Folds McCullagh and Laura M. Giles, Italian Drawings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection (Chicago, 1997), pp. 202-03, no. 260 (ill.).
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