Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Abyss

Provenance

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.

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.

Publications

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.).

Quick Overview

Artist: Pseudo-Pacchia / Italian, active c. 1530
Date: c. 1530
Medium: Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 29.7 × 22.1 cm (11 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: pen and ink drawings
Place: Italy
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Colnaghi Gallery
Accession no.: 1993.196

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.