The Battle of Constantine at the Milvian Bridge c.1830-76
Engraving with etching | 49.9 x 90.8 cm (image) | RCIN 852914
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An engraving reproducing the fresco of The Battle of Constantine at the Milvian Bridge, designed by Raphael and eventually painted by his workshop in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican between 1520 and 1524. Lettered with artists' and printer's names below image. With coat of arms at lower centre, and head of a soldier at lower right (detail from the fresco). State without dedication and publishing line, on watermarked paper. With pencil annotations. Not in Ruland (1876). Described as from Pietro de Brognoli's series of prints after Raphael's Stanze frescoes and Sistine Chapel tapestries dated 1874 (Höper 2001).
Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving with etching
Measurements
49.9 x 90.8 cm (image)
Markings
annotation: p. 235. II. 3a. [front, lower left, in pencil]
annotation: II. 3a [front, lower right, in pencil]
watermark: cropped, letters P[?] M
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Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.235 B.II.3a(add)Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.114, no.II.6 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.418, no.F 21.13