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A statue of Marcus Curtius on horseback

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A statue of Marcus Curtius on horseback

Gian Lorenzo Bernini | Louis Desplaces

1729–40

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Plate: 17 7/8 × 12 13/16 in. (45.4 × 32.6 cm) Sheet: 20 7/8 × 15 3/16 in. (53.1 × 38.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1960

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Gian Lorenzo Bernini

1598–1680

Italian sculptor, architect, painter, and designer who is considered to be the supreme artist of the Italian Baroque. His important patrons included the Barberini and Borghese families. Italian architect. Comment on works: sculptor

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