Portrait of a Middle-Aged Man

Ottavio Leoni

Associated Names
Ottavio Leoni

Artist, Roman, c. 1578 - 1630

The image is a portrait of a person facing the viewer directly. The facial features include a mustache, small and narrow eyes, and a subtle expression. The hair is short and neatly combed. The subject is wearing a garment with a high collar adorned with intricate patterns. There are no visible accessories or objects being held. The background is plain with no distinguishable features.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut within platemark): 14.2 x 8.9 cm (5 9/16 x 3 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.23.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 11

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, SA, Paris); gift to NGA, 2003.

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

by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 0730 B 11; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 030186

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