The self-sacrifice of Marcus Curtius, Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1818, Marcus Curtius armed on horseback. He is about to jump into a fissure in the earth. Legend has it that the fissure could only be closed by 'sacrificing the most precious possession.' Marcus Curtius considered the courage and strength of the Roman soldiers to be the most precious thing, he sacrifices himself and plunges into the burning gorge., print maker: Bartolomeo Pinelli, (mentioned on object), Bartolomeo Pinelli, (mentioned on object), Rome, 1818, paper, etching, h 320 mm × w 432 mm

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