Pope Leo repulses Atilla from the gates of Rome and points to Saints Peter and Paul overhead

Pope Leo I the Great|Giuseppe Maria Mitelli|Alessandro Algardi|Arnold van Westerhout

1670–1718 · Etching; second state of two (Bertarelli) · Drawings and Prints

Pope Leo repulses Atilla from the gates of Rome and points to Saints Peter and Paul overhead — Pope Leo I the Great|Giuseppe Maria Mitelli|Alessandro Algardi|Arnold van Westerhout

This print is after a bas-relief by Alessandro Algardi in St. Peter's in the Vatican (Bartsch).

Artist
Pope Leo I the Great|Giuseppe Maria Mitelli|Alessandro Algardi|Arnold van Westerhout
Date
1670–1718
Medium
Etching; second state of two (Bertarelli)
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951