Constantine's dream of the Battle of Ponte Milvio; sketches of soldiers's heads in the foreground

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Artist/Maker	Procaccini, Camillo (draftsman)
Place of origin	Riva san vitale (commissioned)

On the left hand-side an angel has appeared to Constantine, at the centre and at the right an army of soldiers and horsemen are gathering on the bank of a river; at the bottom are six sketches of heads

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Title	Constantine's dream of the Battle of Ponte Milvio; sketches of soldiers's heads in the foreground
Materials and techniques	Pen and ink Ink Pen
Brief description	Drawing, attributed to Camillo Procaccini, 'Constantine's dream of the Battle of Ponte Milvio'; sketches of soldiers's heads in the foreground. N.B. Formerly Anonymous Italian (Peter Ward-Jackson, cat. no. 517)
Physical description	On the left hand-side an angel has appeared to Constantine, at the centre and at the right an army of soldiers and horsemen are gathering on the bank of a river; at the bottom are six sketches of heads
Dimensions	Height: 203mm Width: 293mm Measured Dec 2012. Object 196 x 289 mm, pasted to sheet 230 x 322 mm.
Style	Mannerism
Credit line	Ionides Bequest
Object history	Provenance: Ionides Bequest, 1901 Catalogued as Anonymous Italian in Peter Ward-Jackson 'Italian Drawings, Volume One, 14th - 16th century, Victoria and Albert Museum' (1979), cat. no. 517. Attributed to Camillo Procaccini by N.Ward Neilson 'Camillo Procaccini' (1979), pp.141-142
Historical context	Study for the picture of the same subject in the church of S.Croce, at Riva San Vitale.
Subject depicted	Constantine, Flavius Valerius (The Great)
Associated object	CAI.376
Bibliographic references	PWJ, no. 517 N.Ward Neilson, Camillo Procaccini. Paintings and Drawings, NY and London 1979, p.142 Cassinelli, Daniele and Paolo Vanoli, Camillo Procaccini (1561-1629): le sperimentazioni giovanili tra Emilia, Lombardia e Canton Ticino, Milan: Silvana Editoriale, 2007. p.115 La Renaissance et le rêve Paris : Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2013. ISBN: 9782711860616.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CAI.392

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Record created	October 26, 2006
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O128825/constantines-dream-of-the-battle-drawing-procaccini-camillo/

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