Odvardt Helmoldt von Lode

Odvardt Helmoldt von Lode, also Odvardt Helmoldt de Lode (c. 1726 – 3 September 1757), was a Danish painter and engraver.

He followed in his father's footsteps and became a painter in Viborg and later in Copenhagen and was first mentioned in documents in 1742.

He also engraved a series of portraits of notable people, including Tycho Brahe, Adam Gottlob Moltke, Ole Worm, Peter Tordenskjold, Ludvig Holberg (1752) and Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg (1757).

In 1754 he married a wine merchant's daughter, Karen Nordrup.

He was then commissioned to engrave the twelve Oldenburg kings.