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Ottavio Leoni

Portrait of Maddalena Telli by Candlelight,

Maker

  • Ottavio Leoni

Title

Portrait of Maddalena Telli by Candlelight

Medium

chalk

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Black and white chalk and graphite on faded blue paper

Techniques

  • Black and white chalk and graphite on faded blue paper

Supports

  • paper

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

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

52.195

Portrait of Maddalena Telli by Candlelight

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

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)

Primarosa 2017, no. 363

Publications

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

Exhibition History

Design and Description

January 27 - April 9, 2006

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
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