1625
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Self-Portrait is a 1625 by Ottavio Leoni, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a man with curly hair, a mustache, and a ruffled collar. His face is turned slightly to the side, looking serious but direct. The background is plain, with a dotted oval frame around him. The artist signed it with a Latin phrase at the top, meaning "Ottavio Leoni, Roman painter made it." His outfit looks fancy, with a star-shaped brooch on his chest. Look up Baroque next to see how this style shaped art in the 1600s.
Ottavio Leoni (1578 – 4 September 1630) was an Italian painter and printmaker of the early-Baroque, active mainly in Rome.
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