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on I^.ome in 45 2. ibeo met Attila on tbs banks os tbe Xiver Ogiio, near
tire fortress of Oovernolo, offered trim presents, informing bim of tire
special protection Lt. Keter bad always granted to ILome, and re-
minded bim tbat Claris, baving ill-treated tbat cit^/, bad been punisbed
b^ a premature deatb. According to tire tradition a gigantic man
appeared at tiris moment, b/ tire side of tire kope, tbreatening Attila witb
iris sword. Ibis vision appeased tire conqueror, wbo retireci from Ital/
rvitb Iris ricir boot^.
In tire fresco, Attila is on borseback in tire centre of tire group,
lire sigbt of tire patron saints of Xome seems to inspire irim rvitb fear.
frigbtiui irurricane is raging at tire same time, anci tire savage Irorcles
of tire Huns are lriieci rvitir terror; tire Irorses are neigbing in fear, and
amidst all tiris confusion tire trumpets sounci tire retreat.
^.n earlier sicetcb, now in tire ibouvre, contained, in tire foreground to
tire left, groups of Irorsemen and peclestrians, seized rvitir a secret terror
/et rvitirout seeing tire apparition. 3t. lbeo rvas more in tire background.
Uris drawing, bigbl^ bnisbed, rvas submitted b^ Xapbael to tire
approbation of tire kope. Lut Keo X., rvlro Iraci ^'ust succeeded, 15 iz,
b^ tire assistance of tire Lrviss, in ciriving tire ibrencb under kouis XII.,
out of Itai)/, tbougbt it as rveii tbat tire fresco sirouici contain some
allusion to tiris long ciesirecl event? Xapbael, tiren, Iraci to replace
Lt. Keo anci bis train, b^ Keo X. rvitb Iris court. ferv ver^ animated
groups of soldiers bad to be sacrificed; but on tbe rvboie tbe com-
position gained b^ tbe alteration, from tbe contrast of tbe calm
gentleness of tbe pontiff rvitb tbe ferocity of tbe barbarians.
In execution tbis fresco ma^ be considered as one of tbe most perfect
b/ tbis master. We bave already drawn attention to tbe variety of tbe
groups, tbe clearness of tbe ordering, tbe trutb and movement of tbs
figures. We must also admire tbs fulness and facility of tbe execution,
tbe correctness of tbe drawing, tbs beauty of tbe colouring, especially in
tbe group of tbe kope and bis train ; tbe brilliancy of tbe two figures in
' ft batin poem of f-vrsldi's, brouZbt to li^bt t>v tV. Boscos, kscp, celebrates tbe
same event taken in tbs sains form born tbe tracbtion, tbs expulsion of tbs Huns bv
Lt. bso. 1?ks masquerade at Florence, rvbicb in tbe ^sar IL14 reprsssntecl tbe
triunrpb of Lamillus over tbe Kauls, rvas also an allusion to tbs sains inciclsnt. It rvas
at tbis time a vsr^ common practice in Italv to s)mrbolbs contemporary events under
tbs forms of antiquity.
tire fortress of Oovernolo, offered trim presents, informing bim of tire
special protection Lt. Keter bad always granted to ILome, and re-
minded bim tbat Claris, baving ill-treated tbat cit^/, bad been punisbed
b^ a premature deatb. According to tire tradition a gigantic man
appeared at tiris moment, b/ tire side of tire kope, tbreatening Attila witb
iris sword. Ibis vision appeased tire conqueror, wbo retireci from Ital/
rvitb Iris ricir boot^.
In tire fresco, Attila is on borseback in tire centre of tire group,
lire sigbt of tire patron saints of Xome seems to inspire irim rvitb fear.
frigbtiui irurricane is raging at tire same time, anci tire savage Irorcles
of tire Huns are lriieci rvitir terror; tire Irorses are neigbing in fear, and
amidst all tiris confusion tire trumpets sounci tire retreat.
^.n earlier sicetcb, now in tire ibouvre, contained, in tire foreground to
tire left, groups of Irorsemen and peclestrians, seized rvitir a secret terror
/et rvitirout seeing tire apparition. 3t. lbeo rvas more in tire background.
Uris drawing, bigbl^ bnisbed, rvas submitted b^ Xapbael to tire
approbation of tire kope. Lut Keo X., rvlro Iraci ^'ust succeeded, 15 iz,
b^ tire assistance of tire Lrviss, in ciriving tire ibrencb under kouis XII.,
out of Itai)/, tbougbt it as rveii tbat tire fresco sirouici contain some
allusion to tiris long ciesirecl event? Xapbael, tiren, Iraci to replace
Lt. Keo anci bis train, b^ Keo X. rvitb Iris court. ferv ver^ animated
groups of soldiers bad to be sacrificed; but on tbe rvboie tbe com-
position gained b^ tbe alteration, from tbe contrast of tbe calm
gentleness of tbe pontiff rvitb tbe ferocity of tbe barbarians.
In execution tbis fresco ma^ be considered as one of tbe most perfect
b/ tbis master. We bave already drawn attention to tbe variety of tbe
groups, tbe clearness of tbe ordering, tbe trutb and movement of tbs
figures. We must also admire tbs fulness and facility of tbe execution,
tbe correctness of tbe drawing, tbs beauty of tbe colouring, especially in
tbe group of tbe kope and bis train ; tbe brilliancy of tbe two figures in
' ft batin poem of f-vrsldi's, brouZbt to li^bt t>v tV. Boscos, kscp, celebrates tbe
same event taken in tbs sains form born tbe tracbtion, tbs expulsion of tbs Huns bv
Lt. bso. 1?ks masquerade at Florence, rvbicb in tbe ^sar IL14 reprsssntecl tbe
triunrpb of Lamillus over tbe Kauls, rvas also an allusion to tbs sains inciclsnt. It rvas
at tbis time a vsr^ common practice in Italv to s)mrbolbs contemporary events under
tbs forms of antiquity.