The encounter of Pope Saint Leo I 'The Great' (d.461) with Attila the Hun (d.453) (after Bernardino Nocchi after Raphael)
Giovanni Volpato (Angarano 1740 - Rome 1803)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 294988
Summary
A set of five engravings by Volpato after Nocchi of Raphael's Sistine frescoes. Each scene is shown under a sculptural arch with an inscription in the left spandrel; 'Raphael Sanctius Pinx' and in the right spandrel; 'In Aedibus Vaticanis' inscribed underneath; 'PIO SEXTO PONT. MAX.'.
Makers and roles
Giovanni Volpato (Angarano 1740 - Rome 1803), engraver (printmaker) Bernardino Nocchi (1741-1812), artist after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), artist