The Battle of Constantine at the Milvian Bridge [left half] c.1520-1600
Engraving | 36.3 x 57.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852917
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An anonymous engraving printed from two plates reproducing (in reverse) the left half of 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 text in Latin, attribution of the design to Raphael and monogram (see Nagler, V, no.118.9). Lettered at lower right with publication details. With annotations on both sides. Not in Ruland (1876).
This is the right half of an engraving printed from four plates reproducing the whole fresco. For a complete engraving, see RCIN 830591.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Engraving
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36.3 x 57.0 cm (sheet of paper)
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annotation: Pf 30 A. II. 10a [mount, front, lower centre, in pencil]
annotation: Unknown engraver / Sii Die Monog. V p.21. / See whole engraving in Victoria Room [mount, front, lower centre, in pencil]
annotation: 12a. [mount, front, lower centre, in pencil]
annotation: N. 27 [back, centre, in ink]
annotation: 12 [back, lower right, in ink]
annotation: 6+1 [back, lower centre, in ink]
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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.10a(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.113, under no.II.3 (entry by Stefania Massari)