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Ottavio Leoni (1578 – 4 September 1630) was anItalian painter and printmaker of the early-Baroque, active mainly inRome.
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. He painted altarpieces for churches in Rome such as anAnnunciation forSant'Eustachio and aVirgin and child with St. Giacinto forSanta Maria della Minerva, and aSaints Charles, Francis, & Nicholas for Sant’ Urbano. He became a member, and later president, of theAccademia di San Luca and a Cavalieri of theOrder of Christ, on which occasion he presented the church of the Academy theMartyrdom of St. Martina. He died in Rome. Ottavio Leoni was also the engraver of a set of portraits of painters. His portrait ofMichelangelo Merisi Caravaggio is the only documented portrait of the painter by another artist.
His work is exhibited in places such asFine Arts Museums of San Francisco;Museum of Fine Arts, Boston;National Gallery of Art;Bowes Museum;Courtauld Institute of Art;Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome, Italy.
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