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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

      LUIGI FABRI (C. 1778-1835 OR LATER)

      The Donation of Constantine [from the Sala di Costantino]

      c.1800-1823

      Engraving | 58.4 x 77.5 cm (platemark) | RCIN 852941

      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 production details and dedication to Pope Pius VII.

      • Creator(s)

        Luigi Fabri (c. 1778-1835 or later) (engraver)

        After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

        Giacomo Conca (1787-1852) (designer)

        Pope Pius VII (1740-1823) (dedicatee)

        Luigi Fabri (c. 1778-1835 or later) (dedicator)

      • IV.4.

        248

      • 58.4 x 77.5 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]
      • Bibliographic reference(s)

        p.114, no.IV.1 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)

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