A Man with a Moustache and Goatee, Facing Forward
Ottavio Leoni
1620s
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 14.4 x 11.2 cm (5 11/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Bert Freidus Fund
Accession Number
2009.136.2
About the Artist
Ottavio Leoni
Ottavio Leoni (c. 1578–1630) was a Roman portraitist whose incisive chalk drawings captured the faces of some of the most celebrated figures of his age. Born in Rome, Leoni trained in the city's vibrant artistic environment during the era of the Counter-Reformation, developing a speciality in portraiture at a time when likenesses of cardinals, poets, and nobles were in high demand. He became close...