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Marcellus Provenzalis

A work made of engraving on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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Date:

1623

Artist:

Ottavio Mario Leoni
Italian, 1578-1630

About this artwork

The Roman painter and engraver Ottavio Leoni transformed his famous group of highly finished chalk portraits into hundreds of prints. These amount to a compendium of important artists in early-17th-century Rome. Like Giovanni Baglione (1920.2303), Leoni’s portrait of Marcellus Provenzalis is a keen characterization of an artist. This engraving is among Leoni’s early prints and betrays his immature, slightly awkward cross-hatching.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Ottavio Leoni

Title

Marcellus Provenzalis

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1623

Medium

Engraving on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 14.4 × 11.2 cm (5 11/16 × 4 7/16 in.); Sheet: 16.8 × 13.7 cm (6 5/8 × 5 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections

Reference Number

1920.2305

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