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Gaetano Gandolfi

Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Chasm

1734–1802
Black chalk
26.5 × 20.3 cm (10.4 × 8 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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