Ludovico Leoni

1625

Ottavio Leoni

Associated Names
Ottavio Leoni

Artist, Roman, c. 1578 - 1630

The image shows a portrait of a man with a composed expression. He has a full beard and mustache, closely cropped hair, and is wearing a fur-collared garment over a buttoned-up shirt with a large, pointed white collar. The background is stippled with a decorative border around the portrait. Text appears at the top and bottom of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with engraving with stipple on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14 x 10.9 cm (5 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 18.4 x 15.2 cm (7 1/4 x 6 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.116.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 28, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

LynM (not in Lugt). Benny Nielsen (not in Lugt). (James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2004 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

Inscriptions

across upper edge of plate: Ludovicus Leonus Pattauin pictor / Iconu Concoruq sculptor celebris. / 1612; across lower edge of plate: Su. pin / 1625. / Eques Octavius Leonis Roman pictor fecit; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 3/723

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