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Ottavio LEONI (Rome, 1578-1630)
Portrait of Donna Margherita…
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30
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Ottavio LEONI (Rome, 1578-1630)
Portrait of Donna Margherita…
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Estimate €20,000 - €30,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Ottavio LEONI (Rome, 1578-1630)
Portrait of Donna Margherita Sanseverino, ne Taviglia d'Aragona (? - 1642)
Black stone and white highlights on grey paper 20.4 x 15.3 cm
Dated lower left and centre i35/aprile/1619
Annotated on verso Pimpa Saponara
Provenance :
From Claude Vittet, Paris, in 2017.
Bibliography:
Y. Primarosa, Ottavio Leoni (1578 - 1630), eccelente miniator di ritratto - catalogo ragionata dei disegni e dei dipinti, Rome, 2017, nř 2, reproduced p. 656.
Margherita Taviglia d'Aragona, daughter of Carlo Taviglia prince of Castelvetrano, married Luigi Sanseverino, VII prince of Bisignano, in 1607. Pimpa Saponara refers to another of the many titles of her husband, also Count of Saponara.
Leoni painted a second portrait of the same model in 1620 (see Op. cit. above).
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About the sale
Antique Paintings, Furniture and Works of Art from the 17th to the 19th century
Auction location
Auction time
06/24/2026 at 2:00 PM
Pictures credits:
SEBERT - Marc TOMASI
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