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{{Short description|Fresco by assistants of Raphael}}
{{Unreferenced|date=October 2006}}
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| image_file=Giannfrancesco Penni - Baptism of Constantine.jpg
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| title=The Baptism of Constantine
| title=The Baptism of Constantine
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| year=1517-1524
| year=1517-1524
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| city=Vatican City
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'''''The Baptism of Constantine''''' is a [[painting]] by assistants of the [[Italy|Italian]] [[renaissance]] artist [[Raphael]]. It was most likely painted by [[Gianfrancesco Penni]], between [[1517]] and [[1524]].
'''''The Baptism of Constantine''''' is a [[painting]] by assistants of the [[Italian Renaissance]] artist [[Raphael]]. It was most likely painted by [[Gianfrancesco Penni]], between 1517 and 1524.


After the master's death in [[1520]], Penni worked together with other members of Raphael's workshop to finish the commission to decorate with [[fresco]]es the rooms that are now known as the [[Raphael Rooms|Stanze di Raffaello]], in the [[Apostolic Palace]] in the [[Vatican City|Vatican]]. ''The Baptism of Constantine'' is located in the ''Sala di Costantino'' ("Hall of Constantine"). In the painting emperor [[Constantine I]] is seen shortly before his death, kneeling down to receive the sacrament from [[Pope Sylvester I]] in the Baptistery of the [[Lateran]]. The painter has given Sylvester the traits of [[Pope Clement VII|Clement VII]], the Pope who had ordered the frescoes to be finished, after the work was interrupted during the papacy of [[Pope Hadrian VI|Hadrian VI]].
After the master's death in 1520, Penni worked together with other members of Raphael's workshop to finish the commission to decorate with [[fresco]]es the rooms that are now known as the [[Raphael Rooms|Stanze di Raffaello]], in the [[Apostolic Palace]] in the [[Vatican City|Vatican]]. ''The Baptism of Constantine'' is located in the ''Sala di Costantino'' ("Hall of Constantine"). In the painting the Emperor [[Constantine I|Constantine the Great]] is depicted kneeling down to receive the sacrament from [[Pope Sylvester I]] in the [[Lateran Baptistery|Baptistery]] of the [[Lateran|St John Lateran]]. The painter has given Sylvester the traits of [[Pope Clement VII|Clement VII]], the Pope who had ordered the frescoes to be finished, after the work was interrupted during the papacy of [[Pope Adrian VI|Adrian VI]].


While attempting the control and serenity typical of the [[High Renaissance]], the crowded scene demonstrates the [[Mannerism|Mannerist]] tendency towards complexity and discordance.
While attempting the control and serenity typical of the [[High Renaissance]], the crowded scene demonstrates the [[Mannerism|Mannerist]] tendency towards complexity and discordance.


==See also==
==References==
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*[[Eusebius of Nicomedia]], Constantine's actual baptizor
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* [http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/x-Schede/SDRs/SDRs_01_03_005.html Baptism of Constantine] at mv.vatican.va
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Latest revision as of 09:05, 10 November 2024

The Baptism of Constantine
ArtistGianfrancesco Penni
Year1517-1524
TypeFresco
LocationApostolic Palace, Vatican Museums, Vatican City

The Baptism of Constantine is a painting by assistants of the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. It was most likely painted by Gianfrancesco Penni, between 1517 and 1524.

After the master's death in 1520, Penni worked together with other members of Raphael's workshop to finish the commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. The Baptism of Constantine is located in the Sala di Costantino ("Hall of Constantine"). In the painting the Emperor Constantine the Great is depicted kneeling down to receive the sacrament from Pope Sylvester I in the Baptistery of the St John Lateran. The painter has given Sylvester the traits of Clement VII, the Pope who had ordered the frescoes to be finished, after the work was interrupted during the papacy of Adrian VI.

While attempting the control and serenity typical of the High Renaissance, the crowded scene demonstrates the Mannerist tendency towards complexity and discordance.

References

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