Pope Leo repulses Atilla from the gates of Rome and points to Saints Peter and Paul overhead
This print is after a bas-relief by Alessandro Algardi in St. Peter's in the Vatican (Bartsch).
Artwork Details
- Title: Pope Leo repulses Atilla from the gates of Rome and points to Saints Peter and Paul overhead
- Artist: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (Italian, Bologna (?) 1634–1718 Bologna)
- Artist: After Alessandro Algardi (Italian, Bologna 1598–1654 Rome)
- Publisher: Arnold van Westerhout (Flemish, Antwerp 1651–1725 Rome)
- Subject: Pope Leo I the Great (Italian, ca. 400–461 Rome)
- Date: 1670–1718
- Medium: Etching; second state of two (Bertarelli)
- Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 18 7/8 × 13 1/4 in. (48 × 33.6 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
- Object Number: 51.501.238
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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