Portrait of Giovanni Battista Rossa

1610–30

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Black chalk, with traces of red and white chalk, on faded blue paper
Dimensions: 9 9/16 x 6 7/16in. (24.3 x 16.3cm)
Collection no.: 63.91.2
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Ottavio Leoni. Portrait of Giovanni Battista Rossa. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Rossa — Ottavio Leoni. 1610–30.

Medium: Black chalk, with traces of red and white chalk, on faded blue paper. Dimensions: 9 9/16 x 6 7/16in. (24.3 x 16.3cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1963.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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