Live veiling - Lot 164
Monumental etching
[Italian]
The Battle of the Milvian Bridge.
Rome, Domenico de Rossi, 18th c
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Beschrijving lot
Etching from 4 plates on 4 sheets, 67,8 x 171,0 cm (total), signed "Petrus Aquila del. et incid. / RAPH. SANCT. URB. INV. IN PAL. VAT.", address "Romae Typis Dominici de Rossi", Latin text, numb. 3 (few very sm. parts missing on platemark, few spots).
Good impression with margins. Good condition. Framed.
Impressive etching by Pietro Aquila (1650-1692) with the address of Domenico de Rossi (c. 1659-1730). After the famous fresco designed by Raphael and executed by Giulio Romano in the "Sala di Costantino" in the Vatican. The engraver even copied the trompe-l'oeil borders of the fresco.