Giovanni Baglione
Ottavio Leoni
1625
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 14.4 × 11.3 cm (5 11/16 × 4 1/2 in.); Sheet: 17.3 × 13.9 cm (6 13/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
109032
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...