Constantine the Great Vanquishing the Tyrant Maxentius

Jan de Bisschop, c. 1638 - 1671-11-06

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

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Constantine the Great Vanquishing the Tyrant Maxentius

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-2004-106


Creation

  • Creation

    • draftsman (artist): Jan de Bisschop
    • after painting by Rafaël, Rome
  • Dating

    c. 1638 - 1671-11-06

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    pen en penseel in bruin

  • Dimensions

    height 390 mm x width 1088 mm


Explanatory note

  • Naar een fresco van Raphael voor de Sala di Costantino in het Vaticaan (1520-1523), Rome.


Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2004

  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    Inv.; …; anonymous sale [section “Collection d’un amateur”], Paris (Drouot), 12 April 1999, no. 7; …; the dealer Haboldt, New York and Paris, 2001;{Dealer cat. Haboldt 2001, pp. 114-5, no. 48.} …; from the dealer Emmanuel Moatti, Paris, € 50,000, to the museum, with support from the F.G. Wallerfonds, 2004

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.


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