On the picture HRH Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme and H. E. Aldo Cavalli, Apostolic Nuncio to The Kingdom of the Netherlands among others.
Emperor Constantine’s Dream at De Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam since 3 October 2015 to 7 February 2016.
Emperor Constantine’s Dream. Art Treasures from the Eternal City.
Loaned by institutions such as the Vatican Museums these illustrate one of the most fascinating themes from antiquity: the transformation of Rome in the fourth century AD from a multi-religious imperial capital full of temples with colossal statues of the emperor into the centre of papal power dominated by churches with crosses.
Christianity’s evolution in a relatively short time from a small faith community into the dominant religion, of crucial influence on the development of the Western world, is an astonishing success story. A rapid change in its fortunes that can largely be attributed to a single person: Emperor Saint Constantinus the Great.
The exhibition has been created in a collaboration between Professor Eric Moormann, Professor Sible de Blaauw and three renowned museums in Rome: the Capitoline Museums, the National Roman Museum and the Vatican Museums. It also includes an exceptional loan from St Peter’s Basilica.
Imperial Rome’s metamorphosis into the capital of the Christian Church grandly resounds down seventeen centuries in De Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam. The exhibition runs since Saturday 3 October 2015 through Sunday 7 February 2016.
It was officially opened on Thursday, 29 September 2015 by the Royal Dutch ambassador to the Holy See, HRH Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme alongside the ambassador of Portugal to the Kingdom of the Netherlands H. E. José de Bouza Serrano and H. E. Francesco Azzarello Ambassador of Italy.
For more information: www.nieuwekerk.nl/en/#/en/tentoonstellingen/rome/index.htm?m=160214
