Heads of Maxentius and of a soldier wearing a helmet [from 'The Battle of Constantine at the Milvian Bridge'] published 1771
Etching | 19.6 x 24.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852918
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A print reproducing the heads of Maxentius and of a soldier painted in the the fresco of The Battle of Constantine at the Milvian Bridge, designed by Raphael and eventually executed by his workshop in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican between 1520 and 1524. Lettered with artists' names. Numbered at lower right: 29. Published in Joachim von Sandrart, Der Teutschen Academie..., 1771, plate 29.
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Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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19.6 x 24.6 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.417, no.F 21.5