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Constantine the Great defeats the tyrant Maxentius
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Constantine the Great defeats the tyrant Maxentius

Jan de Bisschop · c. 1638 - 1671-11-06 · pen; brush; paper; ink

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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This is Jan de Bisschop's most ambitious drawing. It is a masterly rendering of a large fresco in the Vatican by Giulio Romano, which he executed with the help of sketches by Raphael. De Bisschop's model was not the actual wall painting – he never went to Rome – but rather one of the large engravings after the painting that were circulating at the time.

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Credit lineConstantijn de Grote verslaat de tiran Maxentius. c. 1638 - 1671-11-06. Jan de Bisschop. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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