print
- Museum number
- 1855,0609.517
- Title
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Object: Baptême de Constantin
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Series: Galerie du Palais Royal
- Description
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History of Constantine: the baptism of Constantine; the emperor kneeling next to the baptismal font while Pope Sylvester, standing on the left, pours water over his head; around them, priests and soldiers; set in temple with twisted columns; after Peter Paul Rubens. c.1804
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1804 (c)
- Dimensions
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Height: 191 millimetres (cut)
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Width: 217 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- From 'Galerie du Palais Royal' (vol.II, 1808), a set published between 1786 and 1808; see 1837,0408.317 for comment on that series.
The 'Galerie du Palais Royal' includes twelve plates reproducing Rubens' History of Constantine, of which this is the twelfth; see 1855,0609.506.* for comment on Rubens' series. For another impression of this plate and for comment see also 1891,0414.1210.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1855
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1855,0609.517