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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

      FRANCESCO FARAONE AQUILA (ACTIVE 1690-1740)

      The Donation of Constantine [from the Sala di Costantino]

      published 1722

      Etching | 49.8 x 69.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852938

      A print reproducing the fresco of The Donation of Constantine, painted by Raphael's workshop in the Sala di Costantino in the Vatican between 1520 and 1524. Lettered with artists' names, publisher's address and text in Latin along the lower margin. Numbered at lower right: 5. From Picturae Raphaelis Sanctij Urbinatis ex Aula et Conclavibus Palatij Vaticani..., a series of 18 plates (plus title-page) after Raphael's frescoes in the Vatican published in 1722. The publishing date is to be found on the title-page of the series.

      • Creator(s)

        Francesco Faraone Aquila (active 1690-1740) (printmaker)

        After Raphael (1483-1520) (designer)

        Francesco Faraone Aquila (active 1690-1740) (designer)

        Domenico de Rossi : Rome (publisher)

        Subject(s)

        Constantine I, The Great (272-337 AD)

      • 49.8 x 69.6 cm (sheet of paper)

        35.0 x 27.4 cm (platemark)

      • 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 p.121, no.I.5 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini)

        Other number(s)

        Ruland p.237 B.IV.2

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