The reconstruction project of the colossal statue of Constantine in Rome stemmed from significant research involving the archaeological, historical and functional analysis of the fragments, supported by the evaluation of literary and epigraphic sources.
The nine fragments in Parian marble, currently preserved in the Capitoline Museums, were found in 1486 inside the apse of a building that at the time was believed to be Vespasian’s Temple of Peace, and which only at the beginning of the 19th century was to be correctly identified as the Basilica of Maxentius along the Via Sacra. They were thought to belong to a statue of Emperor Commodus and, given their exceptional significance, were set up in the Palazzo dei Conservatori during the renovation of the same, undertaken according to Michelangelo’s plan between 1567 and 1569.
The fragments were only to be identified as a colossal portrait of Emperor Constantine at the end of the 19th century.
A tenth fragment, part of the torso, found in 1951, is in the process of being transferred from the Colosseum Archaeological Park to the courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, next to the other fragments.
Негізгі бет The colossal statue of Constantine (4th century AD) reconstructed in Rome, 1:1 scale
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