# The Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine in Rome

- By: Josephus Augustus Knip (Tilburg, 1777–1847)
- Date: c. 1809 - c. 1812
- Medium: paper, watercolor (paint), graphite (mineral)
- Classification: drawing
- Dimensions: height 410 mm x width 697 mm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Gerhards Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds, the VSBfonds, the Mondriaan Fonds and the Vereniging Rembrandt with additional funding from the Hendrik de Jong Fonds and the Liente Dons Fonds
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-T-2014-14-36--2c6a065ca4b384498d6e50bec119fa23)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/xgyfn/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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The gigantic, 4th-century AD building was used for judicial cases and by Romans settling private financial matters. In Knip’s time, it was known as Il Tempio della Pace (the Temple of Peace), the name he inscribed on the drawing. A view from the same vantage point is on display in the adjacent gallery; this is the only known case of two virtually identical views by Knip of the same motif.