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Museum of archaeology and decorative arts in Liège, Belgium
the museum reopened as the Grand Curtius (Le Grand Curtius) in March 2009, SND now houses the merged collections of four former museums: the Museum of
Curtius_Museum
German archaeologist and historian (1814–1896)
exclusively to Germany. Curtius was elected an International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1876. In 1891 Curtius was elected a
Ernst_Curtius
Rifle issued to military personnel
Minimi light machine gun—common service weapons in the Western world during the mid-to-late 20th century—displayed at the Curtius Museum in Liège, Belgium
Service_rifle
Topics referred to by the same term
industrialist from Liége Curtius Museum, Jean Curtius's mansion, now a museum Julius Curtius (1877–1948), German politician Ludwig Curtius (1874–1954), archaeologist
Curtius
Belgian arms trader (1551 – 1628)
Jean Curtius, also known as Jean De Corte and Juan Curcio, called Curtius (1551 – July 12, 1628), was a Liégeois industrialist and manufacturer who obtained
Jean_Curtius
18th-century long firearm
Thornton by Dupe & Co survived in the Musèe d'Armes in Liège later the Curtius Museum. The Nock gun was brought to modern attention in the 1960 film The Alamo
Nock_gun
Regional style of art from the Meuse river valley
Vierge de Dom Rupert (12th century), Curtius Museum, Liège Pierre Boudon relief (12th century), Curtius Museum, Liège Samson Portal, Collegiate Church
Mosan_art
Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. The painting is now in the collection of the Curtius Museum in Liège. Posing the hand inside the waistcoat was often used in portraits
Bonaparte,_First_Consul
Weapon used in hand-to-hand combat
An Apache revolver, a weapon that combines brass knuckles with a firearm and a dagger – Curtius Museum, Liège, 2011
Brass_knuckles
the Curtius Museum. On 12 February 1903 the city council bought the hôtel d'Ansembourg, which it restored and opened on 10 July 1905 as a museum of 18th-century
Ansembourg_Museum
Capital of Liège province, Wallonia, Belgium
main museums in Liège are: La Boverie (Musée des Beaux-Arts) Museum of Walloon Life Museum of Walloon Art & Religious Art (Mosan art) The Grand Curtius Museum
Liège
Parisian Belle Époque underworld subculture
Apache revolver – Curtius Museum, Liège
Apaches_(subculture)
Multi-barrel firearm
Retrieved 13 February 2016. "9,6 mm revolver 1861 -Armémuseum / DigitaltMuseum". "Hell in a handbasket". Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. Retrieved
Pepper-box
Swiss physician and wax modeler
Bern home of Curtius, for whom her mother acted as housekeeper. Marie called him 'Uncle', and in many ways he was a father figure. Curtius used his skill
Philippe_Curtius
Hamangia culture clay figurine
Thinker and The Sitting Woman were exhibited at Curtius Museum in the Liège during Europalia. Museum display Male figurine, "The Thinker" Female figurine
Thinker_of_Hamangia
Space Center Curtius Museum Ansembourg Museum Archéoforum Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen en Baron Caroly Musée Hergé Musée L Jewish Museum of Deportation
List_of_museums_in_Belgium
French wax museum founder (1761–1850)
into the home of local doctor Philippe Curtius (1741–1794), for whom Anne-Marie acted as housekeeper. Curtius, whom Marie would call her uncle, was skilled
Marie_Tussaud
Wax museum in London
France. Her mother worked for Philippe Curtius in Bern, Switzerland; he was a physician skilled in wax modelling. Curtius taught Tussaud the art of wax modeling
Madame_Tussauds
Iret-hor-iru Art & History Museum, Brussels Curtius Museum Archaeological Museum in Zagreb Buchlov Castle-Nefersobek Hrdlička Museum of Anthropology Kynžvart
List of museums with Egyptian mummies in their collections
List_of_museums_with_Egyptian_mummies_in_their_collections
Belgian glassware manufacturer
weighing 200 kilograms, which is still intact and now on display at the Curtius Museum in Liège. As the company became more successful – at its height in the
Val_Saint_Lambert
Church in Liège, Belgium
imprimé de et à Liège by Gautier Morberius, currently exhibited at the Curtius Museum. 1621: List of Altars erected in the former collegiate church of Saint-Paul
Liège_Cathedral
is home to several notable landmarks, including the Ansembourg Museum, Curtius Museum, Bibliothèque Ulysse Capitaine and St Bartholomew's Church. In 1106
Féronstrée
Architectural style of 17th-18th centuries in Prince-Bishopric of Liège
pattern; in some buildings like the merchant's mansion that is now the Curtius Museum these carry reliefs of a single animal or head. Where there are columns
Mosan Renaissance architecture
Mosan_Renaissance_architecture
Museum displaying a collection of wax representations of famous people
Fleet Street in London was doing excellent business in 1711. Philippe Curtius, waxwork modeller to the French court, opened his Cabinet de Cire as a
Wax_museum
Painter from Prince-Bishopric of Liège
the portrait of prince-bishop François-Charles de Velbrück now in the Curtius Museum in Liège *Englebert Rhénasteine (1758–1831). Portrait of Charles-Nicolas
Louis-Félix_Rhénasteine
German philologist and literary scholar
Latin Middle Ages. Curtius was Alsatian, born in Thann, into a north German family; Ernst Curtius, his grandfather, and Georg Curtius, his great-uncle,
Ernst_Robert_Curtius
94 lenders, amongst them the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum, the Liège Curtius Museum, the Museum Claude d'Allemagne and church treasuries in Sittard, Heerlen,
Maastricht_silver
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Roman writings (including those of Strabo, Diodorus Siculus and Quintus Curtius Rufus) represented a romantic ideal of an eastern garden; second, that
Hanging_Gardens_of_Babylon
Wildenstein's catalogue raisonne of Ingres "Ingres (1780–1867) as a Young Man". Met Museum. Retrieved 7 January 2021. "Saint Louis, roi de France - Louvre site des
List of paintings by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
List_of_paintings_by_Jean-Auguste-Dominique_Ingres
Civic monument in Liège, Belgium
Graces was replaced by a copy; the original is now displayed in the Curtius Museum. The Perron of Liège is located on the central Market Square (Place
Perron_of_Liège
Belgian painter (born 1946)
Wallonia-Brussels Federation set up a major retrospective exhibition at the Grand Curtius Museum entitled: "Christian Satin: Painter and Architect" in March 2015. Chronos
Christian_Satin
Benedictine monk and first prince-bishop of Liège (d. 1008)
The Notker Gospel book in the Grand Curtius Museum: 10th-century ivory and 12th-century enamel.
Notker_of_Liège
Tumulus in Liège Province, Belgium
an ivory scabbard. These finds are displayed at the Museum of Art and History and the Curtius Museum in Linear Pottery culture. Omal is a significant archaeological
Five_Tumuli_of_Omal
rifle—survives and is part of the armouries collection of Le Grand Curtius museum in Liege, Belgium. This was made in London around 1800 by William Dupe
Thomas Thornton (sportsman, died 1823)
Thomas_Thornton_(sportsman,_died_1823)
Museum in Aachen, Germany
Prince-Bishopric of Liège [nl] Ansembourg Museum in Liège, Belgium Grand Curtius in Liège, Belgium Museum aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht, Netherlands
Couven_Museum
Portrait of his brother, the sculptor Jean Del Cour, now in the Curtius Museum in Liège
Jean-Gilles_Delcour
and iaphic art. His shrine of Pope Alexander I is preserved in the Royal Museums of Art and History. It was suggested that he was the teacher of Nicholas
Godefroid_de_Claire
Pharaoh of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC
suggested by Ludwig Curtius in 1933. Kleiner concurs with this assessment. See Kleiner (2005, p. 153), as well as Walker (2008, p. 40) and Curtius (1933, pp. 182–192)
Cleopatra
Area of study on military commander and king
surviving accounts are by Arrian, Plutarch, Diodorus Siculus, Quintus Curtius Rufus, and Justin. In addition to these five main sources, there is the
Historiography of Alexander the Great
Historiography_of_Alexander_the_Great
King of Macedon from 336 to 323 BC
(2nd ed.). London: English Universities Press. Rufus, Quintus Curtius. "Quintus Curtius Rufus, History of Alexander the Great" (in Latin). U Chicago.
Alexander_the_Great
Catherine of Alexandria – British Museum, London, England Iohannes in disco (head of Saint John the Baptist) – Curtius Museum, Liège, Belgium Marianum (German:
Jan_van_Steffeswert
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
Life. Free Press. ISBN 9780743248990. "Welcome to the Mark Twain House & Museum – Clemens Family Tree". www.marktwainhouse.org. Archived from the original
Mark_Twain
Historic building in Rome, Italy
Encyclopædia Romana by James Grout Platner and Ashby entry on the tomb on Lacus Curtius site Roman Bookshelf – Views of Castel Sant'Angelo from the 19° Century
Castel_Sant'Angelo
Hôtel, tegenwoordig Museum Curtius
List of protected heritage sites in Liège
List_of_protected_heritage_sites_in_Liège
Waxwork exhibition
had been founded by Dr Philippe Curtius as an adjunct to his main exhibition of waxworks in Paris in 1782. Here Curtius displayed wax figures of notorious
Chamber of Horrors (Madame Tussauds)
Chamber_of_Horrors_(Madame_Tussauds)
Major battle of the Wars of Alexander the Great (331 BC)
prisoners. According to Curtius and Justin, Darius offered a ransom for his prisoners, although Arrian does not mention a ransom. Curtius describes the tone
Battle_of_Gaugamela
Museum in Kent, England
The Canterbury Roman Museum in Canterbury, Kent, houses a Roman pavement which is a scheduled monument, in the remains of a Roman courtyard house which
Canterbury_Roman_Museum
Macedonian nobleman and general (c. 356–324 BC)
p. 119 Curtius 4.1.16 Curtius 4.5.10 Chugg 2006, p.93 Lane Fox 1973, p.227 Diodorus 17.61.3 Arrian 3.15.2 Curtius 4.16.32 Curtius 6.2.9 Curtius 6.11.10
Hephaestion
Painting by Benjamin Robert Haydon
Curtius Leaping into the Gulf is an 1842 history painting by the British artist Benjamin Robert Haydon. It depicts a scene from the early Roman Republic
Curtius_Leaping_into_the_Gulf
333 BC battle between Alexander the Great and Darius III
Alexander and Darius preceding Issus. One modern perspective, based on Curtius, is that Darius was forced to move camp to terrain that favored Alexander
Battle_of_Issus
Legendary war in Greek mythology
Trojan War, p. 10. Wood, In Search of the Trojan War, pp. 114–116. "LacusCurtius • Dio Chrysostom – Discourse 11". penelope.uchicago.edu. "Yale University:
Trojan_War
Art exhibition of Early Netherlandish Painting in 1902
Singing and Music-making Angels". Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp. "Hans Memling, Annunciation". Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Hans Memling, Der büssende
Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges
Exposition_des_primitifs_flamands_à_Bruges
Caves and archaeological site in Belgium
Engis 1, one of two skulls found by Schmerling, is of a Neolithic homo sapiens; collection of the Curtius Museum.
Schmerling_Caves
Incident in Roman mythology
known as the Battle of the Lacus Curtius. The Roman advance was led by Hostus Hostilius, the Sabine defence by Mettus Curtius. Hostus fell in battle, and the
Rape_of_the_Sabine_women
Most beautiful woman in Greek mythology
name continues to be a problem for scholars. In the 19th century, Georg Curtius related Helen (Ἑλένη) to the moon (Selene; Σελήνη). But two early dedications
Helen_of_Troy
1960s. In European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages, Ernst Robert Curtius first identified the topos, illustrating it with one of the Carmina Burana
Mundus_inversus
German woman art historian
Kathrin Hoffmann-Curtius (19 August 1937 – 25 August 2023) was a German, independent art historian, who taught for a time at the universities of Tübingen
Kathrin_Hoffmann-Curtius
Museum in Avignon, Vaucluse, France
Freed from Prison by an Angel. Giovanni Paolo Panini : The Vow of Marcus Curtius , Belisarius Begging for Alms. Francesco Zuccarelli : Landscape with Peasants
Calvet_Museum
City in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
physician and research traveler Ernst Curtius (1814–1896), classical archaeologist and historian Georg Curtius (1820–1885), philologist Friedrich Matthias
Lübeck
Carriage placed on the back of an elephant, camel, or other animal
significantly shorten the animal's life. A passage from Roman historian Curtius describes the lifestyles of ancient Indian kings during the "Second urbanisation"
Howdah
Ancient city in Tunisia
Charles Ernest Beulé and by Alfred Louis Delattre. The Carthage National Museum was founded in 1875 by Cardinal Charles Lavigerie. Excavations performed
Carthage
Wax museum in New York City
as a housekeeper for Dr. Philippe Curtius in Bern, Switzerland, who was a physician skilled in wax modelling. Curtius taught Tussaud the art of wax modelling
Madame_Tussauds_New_York
Eunuch in the court of the Persian Empire
dance competition, but in the Histories of Alexander the Great by Quintus Curtius Rufus he is given a more elaborate role in Alexander's court. The 2nd-3rd
Bagoas_(courtier)
Ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire
Greek and Roman accounts (including Plutarch, Diodorus Siculus and Quintus Curtius Rufus) describe that the burning was the idea of Thaïs, mistress of Alexander's
Persepolis
Undiscovered tomb
identify the site of Alexander's tomb in Alexandria. According to Quintus Curtius Rufus and Justin, Alexander asked shortly before his death to be interred
Tomb_of_Alexander_the_Great
Roman historian (c. AD 69 – after AD 122)
about Suetonius at Wikisource The Lives of the Twelve Caesars at LacusCurtius (Latin original, English translation) Suetonius' works at Latin Library
Suetonius
Painting by Sandro Botticelli
Botticelli Berbera, Maria (2002). "Some Renaissance Representations of Marcus Curtius". In Enenkel, K. A. E.; de Jong, Jan L.; Landtsheer, Jeanine; et al. (eds
The Story of Lucretia (Botticelli)
The_Story_of_Lucretia_(Botticelli)
Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 40 – 120s)
The portrait of a philosopher exhibited at the exit of the Archaeological Museum of Delphi dates to the 2nd century; due to its inscription, in the past
Plutarch
1st-century BC tyrant of Kos
Nicias (Ancient Greek: Νικίας; died c. 20 BCE), also known as Curtius Nicias, was a ruler of the island of Kos under Roman rule, during the Second Triumvirate
Nicias_of_Kos
Colony of Alexander the Great on the Hindu-Kush mountains
Macedonians, 3,000 mercenaries and thousands of natives (according to Curtius VII.3.23), or some 7,000 natives and 3,000 non-military camp followers
Alexandria_in_the_Caucasus
Low relief decoration
two inches (50 mm) wide, showing Marcus Curtius leaping into the hole, the same subject as on the British Museum casket illustrated at the start of the
Pastiglia
Ancient Macedonian city in modern Tajikistan
(Хуҷанд; خجند), in present-day Tajikistan. According to the Roman writer Curtius, Alexandria Ultima retained its Greek culture as late as 30 BC. Cyrus the
Alexandria_Eschate
Twin brothers and central characters of Rome's foundation myth
30 November 2016. Albertoni, Margherita; et al. (2006). The Capitoline Museums: Guide. Milan: Electa.. For information on the Capitoline She-Wolf. Beard
Romulus_and_Remus
Lunar surface depression
wall". Curtius is located within one crater diameter of the still-larger Moretus to the southwest. To the northeast is the smaller Pentland. Curtius is 99
Curtius_(crater)
Ancient Greek building from Pergamon, now in Berlin
burning some of the marble for lime. In 1871 the Berlin classicist Ernst Curtius and several other German scholars came to Pergamon at Humann's invitation
Pergamon_Altar
Ancient Mesopotamian city in Iraq
a number of classical historians including Ctesias, Herodotus, Quintus Curtius Rufus, Strabo, and Cleitarchus. These reports are of variable accuracy
Babylon
Daughter of Minos in Greek mythology
filiam; "LacusCurtius • Greek Festivals — Ariadneia (Smith's Dictionary, 1875)". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 7 March 2025. "LacusCurtius • Greek Festivals
Ariadne
Legendary entrances to the underworld
the Roman Forum is another entrance, Lacus Curtius, where according to legend, a Roman soldier named Curtius, bravely rode his horse into the entrance
Gates_of_hell
Attitudes and behaviors towards sex in ancient Rome
Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2006), pp. 83–84. Valerius Maximus 5.4
Sexuality_in_ancient_Rome
German classical archaeologist
Ludwig Curtius was appointed to the university, he became her most important teacher and patron, helping her to focus on archaeology. Besides Curtius, teachers
Hermine_Speier
Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14
ISBN 978-0-674-99647-2. White, Horace (1913–14). Loeb Classical Library – via LacusCurtius. Augustus. Res Gestae Divi Augusti. Cooley, Alison E. (2009). Res Gestae
Augustus
Persian ruler from 522 to 486 BCE
"The Darius Seal". British Museum. "Herodotus Histories 3.80-3.83". Lacus Curtius. Poolos 2008, p. 17. Abbott 2009, p. 98. Llewellyn-Jones 2017, p. 70. Van
Darius_the_Great
Painting by Paolo Veronese
writers, among them Arrian, Valerius Maximus and Quintus Curtius Rufus. According to Quintus Curtius's History of Alexander the Great, Alexander went to the
The Family of Darius Before Alexander
The_Family_of_Darius_Before_Alexander
Body of myths originating in ancient Greece
Founding of Rome Natale di Roma Rape of the Sabine Women Battle of Lacus Curtius Objects Gubernaculum Parabiago Plate Pignora imperii Variations Gallo-Roman
Greek_mythology
Sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
altered into an equestrian sculpture of the ancient Roman hero Marcus Curtius. For much of the 17th century, Bernini was regarded as the premier artist
Equestrian statue of Louis XIV (Bernini)
Equestrian_statue_of_Louis_XIV_(Bernini)
Roman poet (43 BC – AD 17/18)
978-0520242609 "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 2007–2008", in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 66, no. 2 (Fall, 2008). Timothy Bell Raser, The simplest
Ovid
323 BC conference dividing the territories of Alexander the Great
to the main account, that of Quintus Curtius Rufus, in History of Alexander, which is summarized here. Curtius claims that Alexander predicted his own
Partition_of_Babylon
City walls of ancient Babylon
rectangular plan and colossal perimeter, while Diodorus Siculus and Quintus Curtius Rufus transmitted variants of the same tradition. In the Bible, Jeremiah
Walls_of_Babylon
American antiquities art dealer (1919–2012)
sales in the 1950s, including the dispersal of the collection of Ludwig Curtius, former director of the German Archaeological Institute in Rome, and later
Robert_E._Hecht
Conflicts of Alexander the Great (336–323 BC)
children were sold into slavery. According to the Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus, Batis was killed by Alexander in imitation of Achilles' treatment
Wars_of_Alexander_the_Great
Ancient Persian royal dynasty
sources. Diodorus, xvi.75.1. Diodorus, xvii.5.3-5. Diodorus, xvii.5.6. Curtius, History of the Life and Reign of Alexander the Great, v.8.35; Justin,
Achaemenid_dynasty
Female warriors and hunters in Greek mythology
nature and religion. Roman authors like Virgil, Strabo, Pliny the Elder, Curtius, Plutarch, Arrian, and Pausanias advocated the greatness of the state,
Amazons
Anatolian mother goddess
Founding of Rome Natale di Roma Rape of the Sabine Women Battle of Lacus Curtius Objects Gubernaculum Parabiago Plate Pignora imperii Variations Gallo-Roman
Cybele
Roman emperor from AD 54 to 68
Chapter 19: Buildings of an emperor - How Nero transformed Rome. "LacusCurtius • Domus Transitoria (Platner & Ashby, 1929)". Suetonius, Nero, 31.1. Tacitus
Nero
Capital of Sindh, Pakistan
The Invasion of India by Alexander the Great as Described by Arrian, Q. Curtius, Diodoros, Plutarch and Justin: Being Translations of Such Portions of
Karachi
Ancient Greek goddess and mother of the gods
Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.Online version at the Lacus Curtius: Into the Roman World. Fowler, R. L. (2013), Early Greek Mythography: Volume
Rhea_(mythology)
Medieval castle in England
required.) "Raby Castle, the Seat of the Earls of Darlington". The Walters Art Museum. Surtees, Robert (1820). The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine
Raby_Castle
Capital of Roman Britain
Guildhall Museums. These merged after 1965 into the present Museum of London, sited from 1976 until 2022 near the Barbican Centre. The Museum of London
Londinium
Family of birds
English (John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S., H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., 1855) "LacusCurtius • Pliny the Elder's Natural History—Book 10". "C. Suetonius Tranquillus
Flamingo
Queen of the Meroitic Kingdom of Kush
Retrieved February 26, 2026. "Statue | British Museum". The British Museum. Retrieved 2022-12-05. "LacusCurtius • Strabo's Geography — Book XVII Chapter 1
Amanirenas
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