PROBABLY AUDENAARDE, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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A FLEMISH HISTORICAL TAPESTRY
PROBABLY AUDENAARDE, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Depicting Constantine at the Milvian Bridge, with fruiting animal and cartouche borders, limited areas of reweaving
10 ft. 11 in. (333 cm.) high, 12 ft. 11 in. (394 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

This tapestry depicts Constantine the Great (280 - 337 AD) defeating the Emperor Maxentius at the battle of the Milvian bridge on the Tiber in 312. On the eve of the battle Constantine saw in a dream a cross in the sky and heard a voice crying 'in hoc signo Vinces' (in this sign, conquer).

A fragmentary tapestry of identical design was sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 11 May 2000, lot 193.

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