Portrait of the Young Cosimo III de’ Medici

Pietro Anichini (mentioned on object), 1655

This endearing portrait features the thirteen-year-old Cosimo III de’ Medici, who would become Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1670. The Florentine engraver Pietro Anichini executed it according to his own design. The young Cosimo would have posed for him. In the Latin inscription, Anichini addresses Cosimo’s father and praises the boy’s physiognomy as exemplifying the virtues of the reigning Grand Duke of Tuscany.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-2010-329-72
  • Dimensionsheight 290 mm x width 207 mm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Portrait of the Young Cosimo III de’ Medici

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-2010-329-72

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • collector's mark: Lugt 2229
    • inscription: ‘P. Mariette 1678’
    • watermark

Creation

  • Creation

    • printmaker: Pietro Anichini (mentioned on object), Florence
    • opgedragen door: Pietro Anichini (mentioned on object)
    • opgedragen aan: Ferdinando II de' Medici (mentioned on object)
    • publisher: anonymous, Florence

  • Dating

    1655

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 290 mm x width 207 mm

Explanatory note

  • Deze prent wordt beschreven in: Rutgers, Jaco. A Frontispiece for Galileo's "Opere": Pietro Anichini and Stefano della Bella. Londen: Print Quarterly Publications, 2012, dl. 29, p. 3-12. Deze prent is opgedragen aan ‘Ser[enissim].ae Victoriae M[agnus].D[ux]. Hetruria’, de Groothertog van Toscane, oftewel Ferdinando II de’Medici, de vader van de hier geportretteerde jongen.

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