Raphael — The Battle of the Milvian Bridge, image 1
Raphael — The Battle of the Milvian Bridge, image 2

The Battle of the Milvian Bridge

Artist
Raphael
$500
MARCO DELL'ANGOLO DEL MORO (CIRCA 1537-1586) AFTER GIULIO ROMANO (CIRCA 1499-1546) AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520) The Battle of the Milvian Bridge etching, circa 1550-70, on laid paper, watermark Crossed Arrows surmounted by a Star (similar to Briquet 6291, Rome 1561-62 and Ferrara 1563), a good impression of the second, presumably final state, published by Giovanni Francesco Camocio, Venice, with his address, trimmed on or just inside the platemark, retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline at right and below, trimmed to the subject above, mounted with four laid paper strips, watermark Siren in a Circle surmounted by a Star (this variant not in Briquet), folded vertically and with a paper guard verso, some very pale staining at the sheet edges, some stains, foxmarks and a few tiny wormholes in the mounting sheets, generally in very good condition Sheet 408 x 551 mm. Paper mount 545 x 737 mm.