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Ottavio Leoni

Portrait of Maddalena Telli by Candlelight, 1617

Description

Maker

Title

Portrait of Maddalena Telli by Candlelight

Year

1617

Medium

Black and white chalk and graphite on faded blue paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

23 x 15.5 cm (9 1/8 x 6 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in pen and ink: "fatta alli ii febraro 1617 di notte madalena"

Blind stamped with collector's mark of Count Moriz von Fries (Vienna, 1777-1826; Lugt 2903).

Stamped with collector's mark of Jean-Baptiste-Florentin-Gabriel de Meyran marquis de Lagoy (1764-1829; Lugt 1710) and of Louis Deglatigny (1854-1936; Lugt 1768a)

Type

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

52.195

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Design and Description

January 27 - April 9, 2006

Leoni worked in Baroque-period Rome and was known for both his paintings and his wax portrait relief sculptures. Drawings such as this, which he executed fairly quickly from life, may have functioned as models for his sculptures. This particular drawing depicts his daughter, Madalena, whose name is inscribed at the bottom.

Use

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