Portrait of a Cardinal (Alessandro Peretti Montalto?)

Ottavio Leoni

Associated Names
Ottavio Leoni

Artist, Roman, c. 1578 - 1630

The image shows a drawing of a man's head and shoulders. The man's head is turned slightly to the left in a partial profile view. He has a mustache and beard, with detailed facial features and prominent eyes looking straight ahead. The man wears a distinctive square-topped hat and a visible collar, possibly indicating a robe or cloak. The background is plain and monochromatic.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk heightened with white chalk on greenish-brown laid paper (formerly blue)

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 15.2 x 10.8 cm (6 x 4 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.154

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(John Manning, London, by 1961); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1961: Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1961

  • Sixteenth Exhibition: English and Continental Drawings. John Manning, London, November 1961, no. 98.

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 180 (color).

2017

  • Seidel, Anna. "Gian Lorenzo Berninis Büste Kardinal Alessandro Peretti Montaltos aus der Villa Montalto." Römisches Jahrbuch der Bibliotheca Hertziana 41, 2013/2014 (2017): 405-406, Abb. 7.

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper center verso in graphite: W230; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: [J?]-52 (in circle)

Wikidata ID

Q64618726

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