Born in
Rome to a family from
Lorraine, he trained under
Carlo Maratta and
Pier Leone Ghezzi. He was a member of the
Academy of Arcadia, where he was known as
Dorindo Nonacrino, and was well versed not only in art but also
philosophy and
mathematics, which he had studied under
Giordano Vitale. Odam was also a well known
antiquarian, and was closely connected to Cardinals
Pietro Ottoboni and
Alessandro Albani, patrons of the arts and collectors of ancient artifacts. He was a close collaborator of
Philipp von Stoschone of the leading antiquarians of the first half of the 18th century. ==References==