Pope Urban VIII

1625

Ottavio Leoni

Artist, Roman, c. 1578 - 1630

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving and stipple on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 13.4 × 9 cm (5 1/4 × 3 9/16 in.) [trimmed within platemark]

  • Accession

    2012.96.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 40

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John O'Brien, Charles Town, West Virginia; given to NGA 2012.

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. no. 40.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: VRBANVS OCTAVVS PONT. MAX. / Supior permissu. 1625. Eques Octauius Leo roman pictor fecit.; by later hand, verso lower center, in graphite: 66204 / [indecipherable] 40 / [indecipherable]

Wikidata ID

Q76561264

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