The Triumph of Rome: The Youthful Emperor Constantine Honouring Rome

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The Triumph of Rome: The Youthful Emperor Constantine Honouring Rome

Peter Paul Rubens
c.c.1622 - 1623

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The Roman patroness is seated on a throne. At her feet lies a she-wolf suckling twins – the symbol of Rome. The young Emperor Constantine is standing on the right in shining armour.

Rubens made this oil sketch as one of the designs for a series of tapestries about Emperor Constantine, commissioned by the French king Louis XIII. This was the only design not executed in the series.

oil on panel
54 x 69 cm.
Gift B. & N. Katz, Dieren & Basel, 1947