Portrait of a middle aged man
| Reference: | S5335 |
| Author | Ottavio LEONI detto "Il Padovanino" |
| Year: | 1625 ca. |
| Measures: | 95 x 145 mm |
€325.00
| Reference: | S5335 |
| Author | Ottavio LEONI detto "Il Padovanino" |
| Year: | 1625 ca. |
| Measures: | 95 x 145 mm |
€325.00
Description
Etching and engraving, circa 1625.
Magnific impression on contemporary paper, laid down on antique paper, with small margins, in good condition.
Famous for his portraits of all the Roman aristocracy in the early seventeenth century, Ottavio Leoni, Roman by birth, owes its nickname to the birthplace of his father, also a painter of portraits.
Literature
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Bartsch 11
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Ottavio LEONI detto "Il Padovanino" (Roma 1578 circa - 1630)
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Italian draughtsman, printmaker and painter. He was the son of the Paduan-born Ludovico Leoni (1542–1612), a maker of medals and wax relief portraits. Although Ottavio was active entirely in Rome, where his father had also worked and died, he was often known as ‘il Padovano’ because of the family origins. In 1603 Ottavio was involved in a libel action against Caravaggio by the painter Giovanni Baglione, whose life provides the best source of information on Leoni’s life. One witness at the trial, Tommaso Salini, claimed he had received verses criticizing Baglione written by Orazio Gentileschi and ‘Ottavio Padovano’. Caravaggio testified that he knew Leoni without having ever spoken to him. The following year Leoni was admitted to the Accademia di S Luca in Rome and in 1614 became its principal. It was at this time, according to Baglione, that he painted two canvases, a Martyrdom of St Martina and an Ascension (both untraced). In 1621 Leoni became a member of the Accademia dei Virtuosi del Pantheon, the body to which he presented in 1628 an oil portrait of Gregory XV (in situ).
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Literature
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Bartsch 11
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Ottavio LEONI detto "Il Padovanino" (Roma 1578 circa - 1630)
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Italian draughtsman, printmaker and painter. He was the son of the Paduan-born Ludovico Leoni (1542–1612), a maker of medals and wax relief portraits. Although Ottavio was active entirely in Rome, where his father had also worked and died, he was often known as ‘il Padovano’ because of the family origins. In 1603 Ottavio was involved in a libel action against Caravaggio by the painter Giovanni Baglione, whose life provides the best source of information on Leoni’s life. One witness at the trial, Tommaso Salini, claimed he had received verses criticizing Baglione written by Orazio Gentileschi and ‘Ottavio Padovano’. Caravaggio testified that he knew Leoni without having ever spoken to him. The following year Leoni was admitted to the Accademia di S Luca in Rome and in 1614 became its principal. It was at this time, according to Baglione, that he painted two canvases, a Martyrdom of St Martina and an Ascension (both untraced). In 1621 Leoni became a member of the Accademia dei Virtuosi del Pantheon, the body to which he presented in 1628 an oil portrait of Gregory XV (in situ).
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