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Giovanni Battista de Cavalieri (c. 1525-1601)
The Battle of Constantine at the Milvian Bridge c.1555-75
Engraving | 40.7 x 119.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852912
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An engraving from four plates reproducing, with alterations, 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. Tauriscus (1819) dated the print 1571. With cartouche at upper left lettered with text in Latin, artists' names and dedication to 'Marcello de Melchioribus'. On two joined sheets of paper.
Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Engraving
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40.7 x 119.3 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Tauriscus 1819 : Tauriscus, E, 1819. Catalogues des estampes gravees d'apres Rafael, Frankurt p.209, no.17.a
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.3 (entry by Stefania Massari)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.416, no.F 21.3
