Constantine defeating the tyrant Maxentius, angels carrying swords fly above

Giulio Bonasone Italian
 After Giulio Romano Italian
 After Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) Italian

Not on view

Inspired in part by Marcantonio's engraving and by the Roman sarcophagus (now in the Villa Medici, Rome) that was one of Raphael's sources for the design, Bonasone shows far less interest in sculptural form. His more lyrical version of the subject is composed of softly modeled figures and flowing surface patterns, such as the curvilinear lines that form the water.

Constantine defeating the tyrant Maxentius, angels carrying swords fly above, Giulio Bonasone (Italian, active Rome and Bologna, 1531–after 1576), Engraving; second state of two

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