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This print is after a bas-relief by Alessandro Algardi in St. Peter's in the Vatican (Bartsch).
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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
Accession Number: 51.501.238
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