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| Keywords: Flemish - Constantine the Great at the Milvian Bridge - Walters 371117.jpg Flemish Constantine the Great ca AD 275-337 converted to Christianity before he defeated his rivals for control of Rome in a crucial battle at the Milvian Bridge over the Tiber River in 312 The belief that the victory was due to heavenly intervention is indicated by the angels Once emperor Constantine established Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire The composition was taken from a famous 16th-century fresco by Giulio Romano in the Vatican that was well known through engravings ca 1640 Baroque oil on copper cm 21 6 30 5 accession number 37 1117 28405 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Flemish paintings in the Walters Art Museum Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Battle at Pons Milvius school of Raphael | ||||
