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Ottavio Leoni

Portrait of Maddalena Telli by Candlelight, 1617

Description

Maker

  • Ottavio Leoni, 1578-1630, Italian

Title

Portrait of Maddalena Telli by Candlelight

Year

1617

Medium

Black and white chalk and graphite on faded blue paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • chalk

Supports

  • paper

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

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

52.195

Projects & Publications

Publications

Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

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.

Old Master Drawings

September 2 - October 16, 1983

Italian Art in Celebration of Rhode Island’s Italian Festival; Seven Centuries of Italian Art

April 12 - May 21, 1967

Italian Drawings from the Museum's Collection

March 17 - April 16, 1961

Italian Drawings of the 16th Century--18th Century, Recently Acquired

October 22, 1952 - January 6, 1953

Use

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