Francesco de' Medici
Attributed to Alessandro Allori (Italian, 1535–1607)
c. 1560
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
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About this work
Francesco de’ Medici was the oldest son of Florentine duke Cosimo I de’ Medici and Eleanora di Toledo, great patrons of the arts who instilled the same appreciation in their children. Francesco is shown here displaying a cameo of an unidentified female figure, highlighting his interest in collecting. One of his creations as a patron was the so-called Studiolo in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, a space dedicated to the appreciation of refined, intricate works of art and scientific curiosities. Francesco succeeded his father as Grand Duke of Tuscany only grudgingly, preferring a life of scholarship to statecraft.
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Original size
- 97.9 × 76.4 cm (38 1/2 × 30 1/8 in.)
Museum record · 4 owners
Provenance
- Probably Prince Anatole Demidoff, Villa San Donato, Florence (d. 1870).
- Sulley and Co., London; sold by Sulley and Co. to Edward R. Bacon (d. 1915), New York and Netherdale House, Turriff, Aberdeenshire; at his death to his sister-in-law, Virginia Purdy Bacon; sold Christie’s, London, December 12, 1919, as Bronzino, Portrait of a Youth, for ₤620.
- Duveen Brothers, New York, by 1925.
- Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Pittsburgh, by 1932; given to the Art Institute, 1965.
