Victory of Constantine
by TOURNIER, Nicolas, Oil on canvas, 260 x 550 cm
In Toulouse, Nicolas Tournier painted religious pictures in the idiom of Caravaggio and genre compositions in the manner of Caravaggio’s pupil Bartolomeo Manfredi, but he also executed the Victory of Constantine, more in emulation of Giulio Romano. The painting depicts the Battle of the Milvian Bridge which took place between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius on 28 October 312.