The Donation of Constantine

Giulio Romano, 1520 - 1524

Giulio Romano was praised for his original and inventive drawn designs for frescoes (wall paintings), which were subsequently executed by assistants. This is such a modello, a highly detailed design for a fresco in the Vatican made between 1520-1524. It depicts Emperor Constantine transferring the secular authority over Rome to Pope Sylvester I.

  • Artwork typedrawing, design
  • Object numberRP-T-1948-368
  • Dimensionsheight 395 mm x width 549 mm
  • Physical characteristicspen in bruin, penseel in bruin en wit, ondertekening in houtskool

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    The Donation of Constantine

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1948-368

  • Description

    Constantijn en Helena voor paus Sylvester I. Ontwerp voor een fresco.

Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Giulio Romano

  • Dating

    1520 - 1524

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    pen in bruin, penseel in bruin en wit, ondertekening in houtskool

  • Dimensions

    height 395 mm x width 549 mm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1948

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Prince Franz Josef II von und zu Liechtenstein (1906-89), Vaduz;{Feilchenfeldt 2015, p. 137; note RMA.} from whom, fl. 1,500, through the mediation of the dealer Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zürich, to the museum, 1948

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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