Self-Portrait of the Artist as a Knight of Malta

Ottavio Leoni1625 (probably printed later)

Details

Title: Self-Portrait of the Artist as a Knight of Malta
Creator: Ottavio Mario Leoni
Date Created: 1625 (probably printed later)
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Purchase funds, 1962
Materials & Techniques: Engraving
Keywords: artist portraits, male portraits, portraits, printmaker portraits, self-portraits
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 140 mm x 110 mm (5.51 in. x 4.33 in.).
Bibliography: Bartsch 9 i (vol. 17, p. 249) as “Un chevalier de Malte”; “The Print Collector’s Quarterly” (vol. 6), 1916, 322 (reproduced) sequ. where the portrait is identified as the self-portrait of the artist on grounds of the drawing in the Marucelliana (p. 372, no. 1)
Associated People: Created by Ottavio Mario Leoni (Italian, 1578-1630)
Accession Number: 1962.19.1

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