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      PIETRO PAOLO MONTAGNANI (ACTIVE C. 1830)

      A set of prints reproducing parts of decoration of the Sala di Costantino

      published 1830

      Etching | RCIN 853005

      A set of prints reproducing the scenes painted by Raphael's workshop on the socle, on the vaulted ceiling and in the window-embrasures in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican. Published in P.P. Montagnani, Illustrazione storico-pittorica con incisioni a contorni delle pitture nelle stanze vaticane di Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, Rome 1830.

      • Creator(s)

        Pietro Paolo Montagnani (active c. 1830) (author)

        Subject(s)

        Constantine I, The Great (272-337 AD)
        Pope Sylvester I (d. 335)
      • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

      • Subject(s)
        • Places
          • Europe
            • Italy
              • Lazio [Italy]
                • Rome [Lazio]
                  • Vatican City [Rome]
                    • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                      • Sala di Costantino [Vatican Palace]
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • 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 pp.117-19, nos.XIII.1-14 (entries by Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodinò)

        Other number(s)

        Ruland p.240 E.1-20

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