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William Young Ottley

William Young Ottley was an English collector of and writer on art, amateur artist, and Keeper of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum. He was an early English enthusiast for 14th- and 15th-century Italian art, or the "Italian Primitives" as they were then often called. He spent the 1790s based in Rome, where he bought much art; this was sold for a considerable profit in 1801 after his return to London. Read more from Wikipedia →

Works by this artist in other museums: the Art Institute of Chicago.