The Emperor Constantine at the Battle for the Milvian Bridge (after Raphael)
Pierre Woeiriot (1532 - 1599)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1670 - 1730
Materials
Paper
Measurements
790 x 1790 x 30 mm
Order this imageCollection
Dunster Castle, Somerset
NT 725550
Summary
Print, engraving, The Emperor Constantine at the Battle for the Milvian Bridge (by Giulio Romano after Raphael) by Pierre Woeiriot (1531/1532 - 1599). Alla Maesta della Regina Christina. La bataglia vitoriosa di Constantine il grande e l'unico de ll'eroica pittura di Raffaelle da Urbino espressa do Guilla Romano con le forme prie unie de colori. Si nobil.. (framing interrupts). By Giulio Roman after designs by Raphael. One of 9 framed engravings of Classical Battles. The original is a fresco in the Sala di Constantino, Vatican, Rome and depicts the victory of Constantine's troops over the army of Maxentius, which enabled Constantine to claim sole rule.
Provenance
Reference to 1781 inventory, Spirit's Room '9 prints of Alexander's battles on straining frames at £1.0.6d apiece (but worth much more per Mr. Phelps)'.
Makers and roles
Pierre Woeiriot (1532 - 1599), engraver (printmaker) Giulio Romano (Rome c.1499 - Mantua 1546), artist after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), artist