Ottavio Leoni

Portrait of Maddalena Telli by Candlelight

Maker

Ottavio Leoni (Italian, 1578-1630)

Title

Portrait of Maddalena Telli by Candlelight

Year

1617

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

chalk

Supports

Dimensions

23 x 15.5 cm (9 1/16 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)

Identification

Standard Reference Number

Primarosa 2017, no. 363

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

52.195

Type

Provenance

… Collection of Comte Moriz von Fries, Vienna, [1777-1826 ]. Lugt 2903.

… - Possibly 1834, Collection of Jean-Baptiste-Florentin-Gabriel de Meryan, Marquis de Lagoy, Aix en Provence, [1764-1829]. Lugt 1710.

… -1923. Collection of the brothers Max and Maurice Rosenheim, Hampstead, England, [d. 1911 and 1922]. Lugt 396a.

1923, Purchased by Frits Lugt on behalf of another collector (possibly Louis Deglatigny) from Sotheby’s, London on 05/02/1923, Lot 30.

Possibly 1923 - Possibly 1937, Collection of Louis Deglatigny, Rouen, [1854-1936 ]. Lugt 1768a.

1937 Paris sale, Charpantier, 28 May 1937, lot 54

. . . - 1952, Collection of Herbert N. Bier, London. Transaction invoice.

1952, Purchased from Herbert N. Bier.

1952, Anonymous gift to the RISD Museum on 11/23/1952.

Publications

Exhibition History

Design and Description
Renaissance and Baroque Drawings
Jan 27, 2006 – Apr 09, 2006

Label copy

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
Sep 02, 1983 – Oct 16, 1983
Italian Art in Celebration of Rhode Island’s Italian Festival; Seven Centuries of Italian Art
CRIA Benefit Exhibition
Apr 12, 1967 – May 21, 1967
Italian Drawings from the Museum's Collection
Mar 17, 1961 – Apr 16, 1961
Italian Drawings of the 16th Century--18th Century, Recently Acquired
Oct 22, 1952 – Jan 06, 1953

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Tombstone

Ottavio Leoni (Italian, 1578-1630)
Portrait of Maddalena Telli by Candlelight, 1617
Black and white chalk and graphite on faded blue paper
23 x 15.5 cm (9 1/16 x 6 1/8 inches)
Anonymous gift 52.195

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