Maria de’ Medici
ca. 1555, Artist: Alessandro Allori (?)
Maria de’ Medici
Since the early Renaissance the foremost artists and workshops in Florence had worked for the Medici. In 1570, Cosimo I became Grand-Duke of Tuscany, elevating this family of former bankers to the august circle of Europe’s foremost dynasties. This portrait probably depicts one of Cosimo’s daughters and may have been sent to Vienna in the course of negotiating one of the many marriages between the Medici and the Habsburgs.
Object data
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Florence
Dated
ca. 1555
Artist
Alessandro Allori (?) (1535 - 1607 Florenz) - GND
Material
Oil on Poplar
Dimensions
Overall: 116 × 90 cm
Framed: 138 × 112,5 × 10 cm
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Inv. No.
Gemäldegalerie, 2583
Provenance
Galeriedepot
Depiction/Person
Maria di Cosimo I. de´ Medici (1540 - 1557)
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