Pope Leo repulses Atilla from the gates of Rome and points to Saints Peter and Paul overhead
Medium
Etching; second state of two (Bertarelli)
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 18 7/8 × 13 1/4 in. (48 × 33.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.238
About the Artist
Pope Leo I the Great|Giuseppe Maria Mitelli|Alessandro Algardi|Arnold van Westerhout (Italian|Italian|Italian|Flemish) · 0400 |1634 |1598 |1651 –0461 |1718 |1654 |1725
Italian, ca. 400–461 Rome|Italian, Bologna (?) 1634–1718 Bologna|Italian, Bologna 1598–1654 Rome|Flemish, Antwerp 1651–1725 Rome