Constantine Presenting the City of Rome to the Holy See, at right, many spectators throughout, a child playing with a dog in the foreground

Constantine Presenting the City of Rome to the Holy See, at right, many spectators throughout, a child playing with a dog in the foreground by Battista Franco|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)

Medium

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 16 1/4 × 22 7/16 in. (41.2 × 57 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949

Accession Number

49.95.6

Tags

BoysMenWomenDogs

About the Artist

Battista Franco|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · 15101561

Battista Franco, known as il Semolei, was born in Venice around 1510, though his career unfolded largely in Rome and at the courts of central and northern Italy. He came to Rome in his twenties and immediately fell under two powerful spells: the inexhaustible riches of classical antiquity and the overwhelming presence of Michelangelo. Franco spent years making drawings after ancient sculptures and...

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