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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

GIOVANNI VOLPATO (1733-1803)

The Meeting between Pope Leo the Great and Attila, with key to identification of some figures

c.1775-85

Engraving with etching | RCIN 852715

A print reproducing the fresco of The Meeting between Pope Leo the Great and Attila, painted by Raphael in the Stanza di Eliodoro in the Vatican; with key to the identification of some of the figures depicted in the fresco, etched by Raphael Morghen.
  • Creator(s)

    Giovanni Volpato (1733-1803) (engraver)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    Subject(s)

    Pope Leo I (c. 400-61)
    Attila (c. 406-453)
    Huns
    Saint Peter
    Saint Paul
  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.49, no.III.5 (entry by Grazia Bernini Pezzini)

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.202 D.2.a-b