Paolo Fidanza (b. 1731)
Head of the allegorical figure of Justice [from the Sala di Costantino] published 1785
50.7 x 34.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852974
![Head of the allegorical figure of Justice [from the Sala di Costantino]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/c/9/752173-1524572167.jpg?itok=KGWOOZUX "Head of the allegorical figure of Justice [from the Sala di Costantino]")
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A print reproducing the head of the allegorical figure of Justice, painted next to Pope Urbanus I on 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. Lettered along the lower margin. Numbered at upper right: XXX. Probably plate 30 of Tetes choisies de personagges illustres... published by Fidanza in Rome in 1785.
Paolo Fidanza became famous for publishing six volumes of prints of heads after Raphael between 1757 and 1763.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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50.7 x 34.8 cm (sheet of paper)
42.8 x 31.7 cm (platemark)
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La GIUSTIZIA effigiata da Rafaello [sic] a olio accanto al quadro della Battaglia fra Costantino, e Massenzio , nel Palazzo Vaticano.
