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Portrait of Livio Odescalchi
(Baroque Europe )
Livio Odescalchi (1655-1713) was one of the most prominent figures in Rome during his lifetime. He was the nephew of Pope Innocent XI and a great collector of Roman antiquities. This portrait was engraved about 1677, with the addition of an elaborate frame, by Pietro Aquila. Born in Flanders, Voet was one of the many Flemish painters who made their fortune in Rome, in Voet's case, as a portraitist of the wealthy.
For more information on this portrait, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 329, pp. 455-456.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, prior to 1897 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 668, as Frans Hals]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1999 | Ambiente Barocco: Life and the Arts in the Baroque Palaces of Rome. The Bard Graduate Center, New York; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Examination | examined for condition | |
| 4/22/1976 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 9/21/1998 | Examination | examined for condition; examined for loan |
| 9/24/1998 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 2/1/1999 | Treatment | coated; filled; inpainted; reconstructed; surface cleaned; varnish removed or reduced |
Geographies
Italy, Rome (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Painted surface: H: 29 1/2 × W: 23 13/16 in. (75 × 60.5 cm)
Framed: H: 37 5/8 × W: 31 15/16 × D: 2 15/16 in. (95.5 × 81.2 × 7.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.371