Costantino lunette 2   

Battle of Milvian Bridge (1520-1524)

by:   Penni   |    Romano      patron:   Leo X      category: Fresco    location: Sala di Costantino
related artifacts: Milivian Bridge study 1r | Milivian Bridge study 1v | Milivian Bridge study 2 | Milivian Bridge study 3 | Milivian Bridge study 4 | Milvian Bridge cartoon fragment | Milvian Bridge modello

note:  The copy of a bill dated February 1521 notes payment "da messer Giuliano Leno a dì. . . di febraio 1521 (...). Per ponti di Iulio pittor dove dipinge/la sala grande/ducati 50" (Ferrara 1992, p. 19). The next appears 1 February 1524, when Pope Clement VII paid "ducati cinquanta d'oro di camera, pagati a Iulio et Giovanfrancesco pittore, a buon conto per dipingere la sal delli pontefici" (Ferrara 1992, p. 52). From that point, Romano and Penni received 16 additional payments until the last dated 3 July 1525 which is noted as "l'ultima pagha et ogni loro resto di ducati" (Ferrara 1992, p. 90). Over this succession of 17 payments, Romano and Penni were awarded a total of 1,400 ducats. https://www.wga.hu/html_m/r/raphael/4stanze/4constan/2battle.html