Episode 312 - Bernini's "Vision of Constantine"
Rebuilding The Renaissance · Rocky Ruggiero
January 8, 202520m 24s
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Show Notes
Originally commissioned in 1654 by Pope Innocent X to be a free-standing statue in the Basilica of St. Peter, Bernini's "Vision of Constantine" was later incorporated into Bernini's Scala Regia. The marble statue represents – in typical Bernini dramatic fashion – the miraculous vision of Constantine who was shown a cross by an angel and told "In hoc signo vinces" ("In this sign, you will conquer") on the eve of the momentous Battle of the Milvian Bridge.