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The Meeting of Leo the Great and Attila, 1514, Stanza di Eliodoro, Raphael Rooms, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
De ontmoeting tussen Leo de Grote en Atilla
Incontro tra Papa Leone Magno e Attila (affresco, 1514, Stanza di Eliodoro, Palazzi Pontifici, Vaticano). L'affresco fu completato durante il pontificato di Leone X (papa dal 1513 al 1521).
Фреска была завершена после смерти Юлия II (понтифик с 1503 по 1513 год), во время понтификата его преемника Льва X (понтифик с 1513 по 1521 год). Фактически последний появляется дважды в одной и той же сцене, изображаясь в облике Папы Льва Великого
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RAFFAELLO Sanzio
(b. 1483, Urbino, d. 1520, Roma)
The Meeting between Leo the Great and Attila
1514
Fresco, base: 750 cm
Stanza di Eliodoro, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican
In the last episode of the Stanza di Eliodoro, Raphael returns to the symmetrical compositional type of the Stanza della Segnatura. The painting represents. Pope Leo the Great who, with the assistance of God, prevented the Huns from attacking Rome.
In AD 452 Pope Leo I managed to halt Attila the Hun, on his way to invade Rome, at the river Mincio near Mantua. The Eternal City was thus saved from destruction. In the fresco, Leo X, in the figure of his namesake, is riding with great dignityin the company of his retinue towards the Huns, who are galloping into the picture from the right. A mere wave of Leo's hand is enough to repel them.
The figure of the Pope on horseback is a portrait of Leo X. It was originally intended to represent Julius II, but the Della Rovere Pope died before the completion of the cycle, and his portrait was substituted by that of his successor. The scene is divided into two parts: at left the Pope and his attendants, poised and solemn, offer a gesture of peace to the Huns. Above them, Saints Peter and Paul brandish a sword. At right, Attila and his attendants, also on horseback, are frightened to death at the view of the two saints, whose figures are counterbalanced by an armed foot soldier. In the background are Rome and Mount Mario, on which a fire is blazing.
This episode is clearly more fragmentary and dispersive than the other frescoes of the cycle. Many critics attribute this weakness to the extensive participation of Raphael's pupils, led by Giulio Romano.
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Author: RAFFAELLO Sanzio
Title: The Meeting between Leo the Great and Attila
Time-line: 1501-1550
School: Italian
Form: painting
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