Title(s)

Slag bij de Milvische brug (rechter blad)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-H-H-835

Catalogue reference

• Passavant 9
• Aantal staten bekend-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 10
• collector's mark: Lugt 11

Description

Gevechtsscène in een landschap: slag bij de Milvische brug. De soldaten van Constantijn in gevecht met de soldaten van Maxentius. Dode lichamen liggen op de grond. Soldaten te paard verdrinken in de rivier.

Artist

• print maker: Monogrammist SK (prentmaker) (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Giulio Romano
• after painting by: Rafaël (school of)
• after design by: Rafaël (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: Italy
after painting by: Vaticaanstad
after painting by: Vaticaanstad
after design by: Vaticaanstad

Dating

1500 - 1599

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 370 mm × width 282 mm

What

• the battle of the Milvian bridge (Saxa Rubra): St. Constantine on horseback confronts Maxentius; a cross appears in the sky with in fiery letters 'in hoc signo vinces' (the raised standards of the Roman soldiers carry a cross or the chi-rho monogram)
• the soldier; the soldier's life
• warfare; military affairs (+ cavalry, horsemen)

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1957

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Slag bij de Milvische brug (RP-P-OB-207.708)

• Le peintre-graveur, Johann David 1787-1861 Passavant, dl. 6, p. 165, cat.nr. 9