Ottavio leoni galileo biography
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Portraits of some famous painters of the 17th century, drawn and engraved in copper by the Knight Ottavio Leoni with the lives of the same by various authors
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On the recto of the front guard paper ms: This book was owned by the late Mr.
Ignazio Hugford and bought by me Lamberto Cristiano Gori, his disciple, at the sale of his property with many other books specifically related to the art of drawing. 9 Dec. ; at page ms.: By Lamberto Cristiano Gori.
Ottavio leoni galileo biography
22 October
Ottavio Leoni was a painter, engraver, but above all a draughtsman. The son of the artist Ludovico Leoni, Ottavio was born in Rome and had high-ranking patrons from a very young age for whom he produced portraits and altarpieces such as Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Cardinal Francesco Maria Bourbon Del Monte, who as protector of the Accademia di San Luca was able to facilitate Leoni's early entry into the company, Giovanni Angelo Altemps and Scipione Borghese.
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