RAFFAELLO Sanzio
(b. 1483, Urbino, d. 1520, Roma)

The Battle at Pons Milvius (detail)

1520-24
Fresco
Sala di Constantino, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican

The picture shows the central group in the painting.

In the sky above the actors accompanying angels aid Constantine's attack. Clouds directly to their right form a lion leaping forward to the right, an allusion to Leo X's name. The heavens declare Constantine's victory to be a "leonine" success.




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