Editing Marcus Curtius (section)

==Art history==
The story of Marcus Curtius, sacrificing himself for the cause of the commonwealth, became well known theme during the [[Renaissance]], due to etchings made by the German artist [[Lucas Cranach the Elder]] (1507/1508) and the Dutch artist [[Hendrick Goltzius]] (1586). It was also depicted in the famous ''[[Nuremberg Chronicle]]'' by [[Hartmann Schedel]] (1493). A bas-relief, apparently found in a garden near the [[Forum Romanum]] in 1553, seems to have been leading in most images. It dates from the Early Empire, but may have been copied from a 3rd- or 2nd-century BC piece.<ref>Angeline Chiu, ''Ovid's Women of the Year: Narratives of Roman Identity in the Fasti'', University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbour 2016, p. 31.</ref> [[Benjamin Robert Haydon]] (1786-1846) painted a large oil entitled ''[[Curtius Leaping into the Gulf]]'' in 1842.