Allegorical figure of Justice [from the Sala di Costantino] c.1760-65
Etching | 62.9 x 46.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852971
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A print reproducing, in reverse, the allegorical figure of Justice, painted next to Pope Urban I to the right of the fresco of The battle of Constantine at the Milvian Bridge, executed by Raphael's workshop in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican between 1520 and 1524. The setting has been modified. Dated. Lettered with titles (in Latin and English) and production details. Annotated in ink at upper centre.
Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Etching
Measurements
62.9 x 46.0 cm (sheet of paper)
50.2 x 34.7 cm (platemark)
Markings
annotation: 1723-1795? [front, upper centre, in ink]
Other number(s)
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.116, no.VIII.2 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.420, no.F 25.2
Alternative title(s)
Justitia. Justice.