Ref: X88
Archive item - not for sale
Italian Urbino Istoriato dish, circa 1540, possibly from the Durantino workshop, depicting Marcus Curtius in a golden breast plate with a plumed helmet on horseback, riding across a dark chasm flanked by attendants, inscribed with 'Marco Curzio' to the reverse, . (Marcus Curtius is a legendary Roman character who bravely sacrificed himself to the god of Hades in order to prevent a deep pit from swallowing Rome.) Provenance: From a private collection in Dorset, acquired by the family as a gift from the doctor and historian Sir Ernest Kaye le Fleming. SOLD
