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The emperor Constantine founding St. Peter's. Etching by P. de Balliu after P.P. Dreus, 1637.
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The emperor Constantine founding St. Peter's. Etching by P. de Balliu after P.P. Dreus, 1637.

P. Paulus Dreus · 1637

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Lettering: 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; Img. ex florum materia fabrefactam à P. Paulo Dreo ante Bi. Pi. Confessionem; P. de Balliu sculp. Roma; ... su... 1637.

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