The emperor Constantine digging the foundations of St. Peter's Basilica. Etching by P. de Balliu after P. van Lint after P.P. Drei, 1637.

  • Drei, Pietro Paolo.
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1637
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30614i
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The emperor Constantine digging the foundations of St. Peter's Basilica. Etching by P. de Balliu after P. van Lint after P.P. Drei, 1637. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1637

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 28.6 x 23.5 cm

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Constantinus Augustus octava die sui Baptismi veniens ad confessionem B.i Petri Apostoli ablatoq<ue> diademate capitis, humi iacens, vim lacrymarum profudit, ac exuens se chlamyde, et accipiens bidentem, terram primus aperuit ad fundamenta basilicae construendae. Deinde ob numerum duodecim Ap<ostol>or<um> duodecim cophinos terra plenos suppositis humeris bajulans asportavit. Ex actis Silvestri et Breviar.o Rom.o; Imag. ex florum materia fabrefactam à P. Paulo Dreo ante Bi. Pi. Confessionem; PVL; P. de Balliu sculp. Roma; sup. pm. 1637. Bears monogram PVL in lower left corner, the monogram of Pieter Van Lint, who was in Rome 1633-1640 and collaborated with P. de Bailliu

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