Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Chasm (recto); Study of a Seated Crowned Female Figure (verso) by Luigi Garzi — Luigi Garzi. Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Chasm (recto); Study of a Seated Crowned Female Figure (verso), 1638–1721. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Chasm (recto); Study of a Seated Crowned Female Figure (verso)

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Artist: Luigi Garzi (Italian, Pistoia 1638–1721 Rome)
Date: 1638–1721
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, on brownish paper (recto); red chalk (verso)
Dimensions: 10 7/8 x 16 7/8in. (27.7 x 42.8cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1961
Accession no.: 61.142

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