Marcus Curtius' death Roman heroes (series title), Round, lead plaque, surrounded by a leaf edge. In the foreground the hero plunges on horseback and in full armor into the fiery canyon that had opened on the Roman Forum. The fortune-tellers had predicted that great calamity would come over the city if not the most valuable of Rome were sacrificed. Marcus Curtius, who regarded the courage of the Romans and their weapons as their most precious possession, thus offered himself a sacrifice, after which the gap closed. On the far left a figure raises the hands full of terror, to the right a group of five figures and a little further to the second plan three women. Many architectures with towers and obelisks, which must indicate the city of Rome. In the background fantastic bergenter on either side of a bridged river., Adam van Vianen (I), Netherlands, c. 1600, founding, d 17 cm × w 347 gr
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