The aftermath of the battle of the Milvian Bridge: the emperor crowned by Victory at right, horses and men on the riverbank injured after the battle at center, Maxentius' body being rescued from the river at right with a river god reclining in the foreground
This plate is bound with three series after Raphael's designs for the Vatican Stanze.
Artwork Details
- Title: The aftermath of the battle of the Milvian Bridge: the emperor crowned by Victory at right, horses and men on the riverbank injured after the battle at center, Maxentius' body being rescued from the river at right with a river god reclining in the foreground
- Series/Portfolio: Series of 44 plates depicting the stucco medallions by Raphael's workshop designed for the Vatican Loggie
- Artist: Pietro Santi Bartoli (Italian, Perugia 1615–1700 Rome)
- Artist: After Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499?–1546 Mantua)
- Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome)
- Date: 1650–77
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 4 7/16 × 16 1/4 in. (11.2 × 41.2 cm)
Plate: 3 3/4 × 15 7/16 in. (9.5 × 39.2 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1959
- Object Number: 59.644.8(75)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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