Emperor Constantine Presenting the City of Rome to Pope Sylvester, 1540

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Medium

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

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.)

Credit Line

Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Bartsch 1802-1821: no. 55

Accession Number

2020.90.1

Artists / Makers

Battista Franco (artist) Venetian, probably 1498 - 1561

Giulio Romano (artist after) Roman, 1499 - 1546

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Inscription

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

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

Bareggi, Silvana
Christie's
Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
Devonshire, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of

Bibliography

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