Atilla voor de stad Rome, anonymous, after Giulio Romano, after Rafaël, in or after 1514

Title(s)

Atilla voor de stad Rome

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-39.288

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240
• number: ‘52’

Description

Paus Leo de Grote en zijn gevolg ontmoeten Attila de Hun en zijn soldaten buiten de muren van Rome. De paus wijst Atilla op de twee apostelen Petrus en Paulus in de lucht, die Rome beschermen.

Artist

• print maker: anonymous
• after painting by: Giulio Romano
• after painting by: Rafaël
• after design by: Rafaël

Place

print maker: Italy
after painting by: Vaticaanstad
after painting by: Vaticaanstad
after design by: Vaticaanstad

Dating

in or after 1514

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving / etching

Measurements

height 350 mm × width 600 mm

What

• pope Leo the Great meets Attila outside the walls of Rome, and points out to him the two apostles St. Peter and St. Paul, appearing in the sky as protectors of Rome

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain