File:Battle at the Milvian Bridge, Gérard Audran after Charles Le Brun, 1666-crop.jpg
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Charles Le Brun: English: Battle at the Milvian Bridge.
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Gérard Audran etching & engraving after a painting by
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| Title |
English: Battle at the Milvian Bridge. |
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| Description |
Center crop of The Battle at the Milvian Bridge, after an unfinished painting by Le Brun, was meant to prove he had surpassed the famous version designed by Raphael for the Vatican in the early 16th century. |
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| Date | 1666 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Etching and engraving, three sheets | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 71.7 × 165.8 cm (28.2 × 65.2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection | Getty Research Institute | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Los Angeles, CA |
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| Notes | In A.D. 312, Constantine established himself as the sole ruler of the western Roman Empire when he defeated the so-called breakaway emperor, Maxentius. In this image, Constantine charges across a bridge just outside of Rome toward Maxentius, who has fallen victim to his own trap as he grasps his horse and tumbles backward toward the Tiber River. Le Brun's message is clear: Louis XIV is the modern-day Constantine enforcing peace. With peace established, all the arts flourish, namely those celebrating the king's glory. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/grand_manner/milvian_zm.html | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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