Constantine the Great beholding the sign of the Cross, before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge
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Title
Constantine the Great beholding the sign of the Cross, before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge
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Artist/maker
after Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598 - 1680) (sculptor) -
Associated people
Constantine the Great (272 - 337) (subject) -
Associated place
Europe (place of creation) -
Date
late 17th - early 18th century (1671 - 1730) -
Material and technique
bronze
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Object type
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Dimensions
81 cm (height)
98 cm (length)
80.2 cm pedestal (height)
92 cm pedestal (length) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1952.
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Museum location
Museum department
Western Art
Accession no.
WA1952.111
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Further reading
Penny, Nicholas, Catalogue of European Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum: 1540 to the Present Day, 3 vols (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992), no. 12
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