4. Vision of Constantine
Legend of the True Cross by Piero della Francesca

Three centuries later, just before the battle of Ponte Milvio against Maxentius, Emperor Constantine (who took up a position with his army next to the river) was awakened by an angel, who told him to look up at the sky. There he saw a glowing cross circled by the words 'in hoc signo vinces.' The next morning he had a replica of the cross made and carried it before him into the battle, in which he was victorious.

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4. Vision of Constantine
1452-66
Fresco, 329 x 190 cm
San Francesco, Arezzo

784*1400
True Color
211 Kb



4. Vision of Constantine (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo

1000*1163
True Color
203 Kb



4. Vision of Constantine (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo

900*1047
True Color
181 Kb



4. Vision of Constantine (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo

900*1051
True Color
168 Kb



4. Vision of Constantine (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo

900*1040
True Color
181 Kb



4. Vision of Constantine (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo

1000*1091
True Color
186 Kb




Legend of the True Cross
1. Death of Adam
2. Procession of the Queen of Sheba; Meeting between the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon
3. Burial of the Holy Wood
4. Vision of Constantine
5. Constantine's Victory over Maxentius
6. Torture of the Jew
7. Finding and Recognition of the True Cross
8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes
9. Exaltation of the Cross
Annunciation
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