Death of Marcus Curtius

In or after 1947, possibly purchased in France* by Vernon Hall (Madison, WI); 23 October 1974, gifted by Vernon and Sandra Hall (Madison, WI) to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]. *The preface for the 1978 Catalogue of The Vernon Hall Collection of European Medals states that the core of this collection was purchased in France in 1947, but the object file contains no records specific to the purchase of this work.

• Hall, Vernon. "Catalogue of the Vernon Hall Collection of European Medals." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1978. no. 195
• Molinier, Émile. "Les Bronzes de la Renaissance, Les plaquettes. Catalogue raisonné." 2 vols. Paris: Jules Rouam, 1886. no. 139
• Chazen Museum of Art. "European Medals in the Chazen Museum of Art: Highlights from the Vernon Hall Collection and Later Acquisitions." Madison: Chazen Museum of Art, 2014. pp. 92-93, 159, cat. no. 34

• Europe
• Medals
• Vernon Hall Collection

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