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Algardi, Alessandro after
1598 Bologna - 1654 Rome.
The flight of Attila.
Oil on canvas, relined. Unsigned.
H 168,
The baroque master who created this painting followed an extremely popular and often copied model, the monumental relief by Alessandro Algardi in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, which depicts the meeting of Pope Leo the Great with the Hun king Attila at the gates of Mantua in 452. With the help of the Princes of the Apostles Peter and Paul, who, according to legend, drew their swords in the clouds, the Pope is said to have put the attacker to flight, thus securing the future of Rome and Christianity. Through the mediation of graphic reproductions, Algardi's sculptural creation spread throughout baroque Europe and was also received in painted form.
Provenance: Heinrich Pohlmann (1839 - 1917), German sculptor, and successors.
Exhibition: on loan to Bürgeln castle, Schliengen, 28.02.1999 - 08.05.2020.
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