Mark Curtius. 1729.

After the marble original by G. L. Bernini. 1671-1688.
Engraving, etching. 428 x 325.
The lower margin is cut off.
Under the image, in the center: Marcus Curtius.
The author of the engraving was established based on a comparison with a similar engraving kept in the British Museum (London) and the Philadelphia Museum of Art (USA).
From the first volume of "Recueil Crozat" (1729), sheet 117.
The equestrian statue of Louis XIV in the image of Alexander the Great was created by the Italian sculptor G. L. Bernini in Rome on the order of the king. When it was brought to Paris in 1685 (after the death of the sculptor), the French King found it disgusting and wanted to destroy it, but the sculptor F. Girardon remade the statue in 1688, giving it the features of the ancient Roman hero Marcus Curtius. The sculpture was a success. At present, the original is kept in the greenhouse of the Palace of Versailles.
Inv. G 589.
Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo (1598, Naples – 1680, Rome) – famous architect and sculptor of his time, the creator of the Baroque style in sculpture.