Caption
Title print with two male caryatids, History of Emperor Constantine, print, title print, Title print with two male caryatids supporting a cornice. Center above a coat of arms with a lion. In the center a text box with text in Latin., number: '12f607080', printmaker: Pietro Sante Bartoli, Italy, after design by Giulio Romano, publisher: Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi, Rome, dedicated to: Alexander VII, 1645 - 1700, Pietro Sante Bartoli, Giulio Romano, Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi, Alexander VII, paper, etching, engraving, etching and engraving, height 133 mm x width 258 mm, Person, Constantine the Great (Emperor of the Roman Empire), beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion, caryatids, architecture, A rectangular stone plaque set within an ornate architectural frame flanked by two robed statues standing on pedestals, each statue draped in flowing garments with one arm crossed over the body and the other resting by the side, both figures shown in profile facing inward; the frame features carved moldings and a decorative frieze with braided and foliate patterns topped by a central medallion bearing a relief of a heraldic animal and festooned garlands, with vertical decorative tassel-like elements beside each statue; the plaque area contains rows of uniform horizontal lines suggesting inscribed blocks of content, and the whole composition rendered in fine engraved lines with shading and hatching across the stone and drapery.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A92_036
License type
Rights managed
Available size
41.3Mb (10.4Mb) / 17.5in x 9.2in / 5252 x 2748 (300dpi)