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Pope Leo I the Great|Giuseppe Maria Mitelli|Alessandro Algardi|Arnold van Westerhout

Pope Leo repulses Atilla from the gates of Rome and points to Saints Peter and Paul overhead

1670–1718
Etching; second state of two (Bertarelli)
48 × 33.6 cm (18.9 × 13.2 in)

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