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Comte Anibal Altemps

1615

Ottavio Mario Leoni

(Italian, 1578–1630)

Italy, 17th century

Black chalk, heightened with white chalk (stumped in places)

Support: Blue laid paper, laid down on cream(3) laid paper

Sheet: 23 x 15.3 cm (9 1/16 x 6 in.); Secondary Support: 24.6 x 16.7 cm (9 11/16 x 6 9/16 in.)

Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride 1963.599

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

by artist(?), lower left, in brown ink: 33 / dicembre ; by artist(?), lower center, in brown ink: 1615 ; VERSO, lower left and lower center, in brown ink: Comte Anibale Altemps ; RECTO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower left, in brown ink: Comte Anibal altemps

Provenance
Earl of Dalhousie, Ecosse, Scotland (Lugt 717a, lower right, in black ink)
Citations
Primarosa, Yuri. Ottavio Leoni (1578-1630): eccellente miniator di ritratto : catalogo ragionato dei disegni e dei dipinti. Roma : Ugo Bozzi editore: 2017. Reproduced and mentioned: p. 458, cat. 337
Tordella, Piera Giovanna. Ottavio Leoni e la ritrattistica a disegno protobarocca. Firenze: L.S. Olschki, 2011. Mentioned: p. 54.
Gealt, Adelheid M. Italian Portrait Drawings, 1400-1800, from North American Collections: Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana, October 6-December 18, 1983, Gallery of Art, University of Pittsburgh, January 20-February 26, 1984, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, April 3-29, 1984. Bloomington, Ind: Indiana University Art Museum, 1983. Mentioned: p. 118.
Exhibition history

CMA, Concept, Dogma, and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650 (Aug. 27-Oct. 20, 1991).

CMA, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection (Dec. 15, 1986-Mar. 1, 1987).

CMA, National Schools of Style (June 14-Sept. 18, 1983).

CMA, Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions (Oct. 21, 1980-Feb. 15, 1981).

CMA, The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles (Mar. 6-Apr. 22, 1979), no. 51, illus. pp. 11, 56.

CMA, "Year in Review for 1964" (Dec. 8, 1964-Feb. 17, 1965), cma Bulletin 51 (1964), p. 265 no. 126, illus. p. 247.

CMA, Old Master Drawings (Mar. 10-30, 1964).

Old Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-31, 1964).

Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).

The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 6-April 22, 1979).

Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 1980-February 15, 1981).

National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983).

Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 1986-March 1, 1987).

Concept, Dogma and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 20, 1991).

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