Constantine the Great Vanquishing the Tyrant Maxentius

Jan de Bisschop (1628-1671), after Raphael (1483-1520) and Giulio Romano (c. 1499-1546), pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, c. 1660-1670

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.

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-2004-106
  • Dimensionsheight 390 mm x width 1088 mm
  • Physical characteristicspen en penseel in bruin