Title(s)

Slag bij de Milvische brug

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-38.990

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

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: Giovanni Battista de'Cavalieri (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: Italy

Dating

1535 - 1601

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 409 mm × width 550 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)

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Slag bij de Milvische brug (RP-P-OB-207.657)