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| Keywords: Battle at the Milvian Bridge, Gérard Audran after Charles Le Brun, 1666-crop.jpg Artwork Gérard Audran etching engraving after a painting by Creator Charles Le Brun Center crop of The Battle at the Milvian Bridge after an unfinished painting by Le Brun was meant to prove he had surpassed the famous version designed by Raphael for the Vatican in the early 16th century 1666 Etching and engraving three sheets cm 71 7 165 8 Getty Research Institute Los Angeles CA object history credit line In A D 312 Constantine established himself as the sole ruler of the western Roman Empire when he defeated the so-called breakaway emperor Maxentius In this image Constantine charges across a bridge just outside of Rome toward Maxentius who has fallen victim to his own trap as he grasps his horse and tumbles backward toward the Tiber River Le Brun's message is clear Louis XIV is the modern-day Constantine enforcing peace With peace established all the arts flourish namely those celebrating the king's glory accession number http //www getty edu/art/exhibitions/grand_manner/milvian_zm html File Battle at the Milvian Bridge Gérard Audran after Charles Le Brun 1666 jpg thumb left 600px equalized PD-old-100 Charles Le Brun 1666 engravings Gérard Audran Battle of Milvian Bridge | ||||
