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Portrait of a Knight of Malta
Ottavio Leoni (Italian, 1578–1630)
1625
Medium/Technique
Engraving with etching and stipple engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 14.5 x 11.4 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/2 in.)(trimmed on platemark)
Credit Line
Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession NumberM26009
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 09 (proof impression before the stippled background inside the frame)
Marks
Verso, bottom center, stamped in black ink, the mark of Ambroise Firmin-Didot, Paris (1790-1876)(Lugt 119); verso, lower right-center, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Hippolyte Dreux, Paris (1800-1884)(Lugt 1302); verso, bottom left, stamped in blue ink, the mark of Louis Galichon, Paris (1829-1893)(Lugt 1060); verso, lower left-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceAmbroise Firmin-Didot, Paris (1790-1876)(Lugt 119); Hippolyte Dreux, Paris (1800-1884)(Lugt 1302); Louis Galichon, Paris (1829-1893)(Lugt 1060); Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1878-1965); his gift to the MFA January 7, 1915