Emperor Constantine Presenting the City of Rome to Pope Sylvester

1540

Battista Franco

Artist, Venetian, probably 1498 - 1561

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving and etching on laid paper, laid down on heavy laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 41.1 × 56.2 cm (16 3/16 × 22 1/8 in.)
    mount: 44 × 61.1 cm (17 5/16 × 24 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2020.90.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch 1802-1821: no. 55

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dukes of Devonshire, Chatsworth, from 18th century; (Chatsworth sale, Christie's London, 5 December 1985, no. 85; Private collection; (sale, Christie’s, London, 3 December 2014, no. 39); (Stanza del Borgo, Milan); purchased by NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: no. 55

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right of mount in graphite: P. 137 No. 55; 601-84 / 18

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