1520
fresco
From the collection of Vatican Museums
The Battle of the Milvian Bridge is a 1520 fresco by Giulio Romano, a Mannerism work, held at Vatican Museums.
This painting shows a chaotic battle scene with many figures, horses, and weapons. The scene is set against a backdrop of mountains and a cloudy sky. In the center, a group of soldiers on horseback are fighting, with one soldier holding a red flag. The soldiers are dressed in armor and are wielding swords and spears. To learn more about the artist behind this work, check out Giulio Romano.
The Battle of the Milvian Bridge, or The Battle at Pons Milvius, is a fresco in one of the rooms that are now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican depicting the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.
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The Battle of Milvian Bridge, located in the Sala di Costantino ("Hall of Constantine"), is by Giulio Romano and other assistants of the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael, who died in 1520. It was most likely painted to Raphael's design between 1520 and 1524. After the master's death, Giulio Romano worked together with other members of Raphael's workshop to finish the commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. The Battle of the Milvian Bridge shows the battle that took place on 28 October 312 between…
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Giulio Pippi (c. 1499 – 1 November 1546), known as Giulio Romano (US: JOOL-yoh rə-MAH-noh( Italian: ) and sometimes known in French as Jules Romain, was an Italian painter and architect. He was a pupil of Raphael, and…
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