Ottavio’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Giovanni Baglione
Ottavio Mario Leoni Italian, 1578-1630

Antonius Tempesta
Ottavio Mario Leoni Italian, 1578-1630

Marcellus Provenzalis
Ottavio Mario Leoni Italian, 1578-1630

Cristoforo Roncalli, called Il Pomarancio
Ottavio Leoni Italian 1578-1630

Self-Portrait
Ottavio Leoni Italian 1578-1630

Mario Nuzzi, called Mario de' Fiori
Ottavio Leoni Italian, 1578-1630

Camillo Graffico, Ercole Pedemonte, and Antonio Carone
Ottavio Leoni Italian, 1578-1630

Self-Portrait as Knight of Malta
Ottavio Leoni Italian, 1578-1630

Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi
Ottavio Leoni Italian, 1578-1630

Head and Shoulders of a Man seen from the Back
Attributed to Oliver Isaac, the elder (French, before 1568-1617) possibly after Ottavio Mario Leoni (Italian, 1578-1630)

Head of a Sleeping Man
Attributed to Giovanni Battista Salvi (Italian, 1609-1685) or Ottavio Mario Leoni (Italian, 1578-1630) or Carlo Maratti (Italian, 1625-1713)

Resurrected Christ Appearing to His Mother
Attributed to Ottavio Vannini (Italian, 1585-1643) or Cesare Dandini (Italian, c. 1595-1658) or Camillo Procaccini (Italian, c. 1551-1629)

Presentation of Christ
After Lorenzo di Ottavio Costa Italian, c. 1460-1535

G. and Me
Leonie Reisberg American, active 1970s

Lady Before a Prie-Dieu
Possibly after Leone Leoni Italian, 1509-1590

Untitled
Leonie Reisberg American, active 1970s

Self-Portrait
Walter Shirlaw (American, 1838–1909)