Tag: Algardi

  • St. Leo the Great with Attila

    Meeting of St. Leo the Great with Attila (1653) by Alessandro Algardi. November 10th is St. Leo the Great’s Feast Day, and what better way to celebrate than with this magnificent marble relief? The work depicts St. Leo the Great (left) confronting King Attila the Hun, persuading him to turn back from his invasion of…