1604
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Paolo Giordano Orsini II is a 1604 ink by Ottavio Leoni, a Renaissance work, depicting Moustach, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows a man in armor, holding a baton. His face looks serious. The lines are sharp and dark. You can see each muscle under his fancy clothes. Engraving was a big deal back then. Artists used metal plates to carve images. Then they pressed paper onto the plate to make prints. One plate could make many copies. Want to see more like this? Try another engraving by the same artist.
Ottavio Leoni (1578 – 4 September 1630) was an Italian painter and printmaker of the early-Baroque, active mainly in Rome.
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