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Giulio di Antonio Bonasone (c. 1498-c. 1580)
Constantine defeating the tyrant Maxentius dated 1544
Engraving | 37.4 x 45.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852931
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An engraving generally described as based upon a lost initial design by Raphael for the fresco of The Battle of Constantine at the Milvian Bridge, painted by his workshop in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican (1520-24) after drawings by him. First state. Signed and dated on a stone at lower right. Annotated in ink at lower centre.
Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
37.4 x 45.4 cm (sheet of paper)
Markings
annotation: Raphael pinxit [front, lower centre, in ink]
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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, no.II.1 (entry by Stefanbia Massari)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.415, no.F 21.1
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