Ottavio Leoni Autorretrato 1625 British Museum

Ottavio Leoni (1578 – 1630) was an Italian painter and printmaker of the early-

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, active mainly in

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Life

Ottavio Leoni (sometimes spelled 'Lioni'), draughtsman and engraver was in his day the most fashionable portraitist in Rome. He is sometimes also referred to as the Cavaliere Ottavio, il Padovano, il Padovanino or Cavaliere Padovano . He was born in Rome, where he first trained with his father,

Lodovico Leoni Lodovico Leoni (Padua, 1531 – Rome, 1606) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, mainly active in Rome. He was also a medallist, and coin-engraver. Other sources cite his name as Luigi Leone Biography He was born at Padua. He was als ...

. He painted altarpieces for churches in Rome such as an ''Annunciation'' for

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and a ''Virgin and child with St. Giacinto'' for Santa Maria della Minerva, and a ''Saints Charles, Francis, & Nicholas'' for Sant’ Urbano. He became a member, and later president, of the

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and a Cavalieri of the Order of Christ, on which occasion he presented the church of the Academy the ''Martyrdom of St. Martina''. He died in Rome. Ottavio Leoni was also the engraver of a set of portraits of painters. His portrait of Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio is the only documented portrait of the painter by another artist. His work is exhibited in places such as

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; and Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome, Italy.

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conserved in the

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in Florence (in Italian) 1578 births 1630 deaths Painters from Rome 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub