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<dl><dd>12 prints : platemarks 9.7-13.3 x 22.8-47.8 cm., on sheets ca. 19 x 52 cm</dd>
<dd>Etchings with engraving by Pietro Santi Bartoli. They are after Giulio Romano's monochrome frescoes in the Sala di Costantino, Vatican Palace, beneath his four large main frescoes</dd>
<dd>First print is Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi's dedication to Giacomo Nini, with Nini's arms at head. Title from legend of second print. Place &amp; publisher appear on prints 2-12</dd>
<dd>Dedication begins: Illustriss. ac reverendiss. D. D. Iacobo Ninio Senensi S. D. N. Alexandri VII Pontificij cubiculi praefecto... This suggests that the suite was first published before Nini was created cardinal in 1664, but after Alexander VII acceded in 1655</dd>
<dd>Nine of the prints consist of a single oblong image. Prints 4 and 6 consists of two images printed side by side from a single plate, print 8 of three such images</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337 -- Art; Sala di Costantino (Vatican Palace, Vatican City); Mural painting and decoration, Italian -- Vatican City -- 16th century; Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance -- Vatican City</div>
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Bartoli, Pietro Santi, 1635-1700</div>
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