Lot Essay
Mattias (1620-1667), initially destinated for the clergy, abandoned his religious career in 1629 and became Governor of Siena the same year.
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Mattias di Cosimo II de' Medici, facing left in gilt-armour, lace-bordered large lawn collar, red cloak draped over his right shoulders, long curling brown hair, moustache and thin beard
Details
JOEST SUSTERMANS (1597-1681)
Mattias di Cosimo II de' Medici, facing left in gilt-armour, lace-bordered large lawn collar, red cloak draped over his right shoulders, long curling brown hair, moustache and thin beard
oil on copper
oval, 2 in. (70 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with spiral cresting, the reverse engraved with erroneous inscription
Mattias di Cosimo II de' Medici, facing left in gilt-armour, lace-bordered large lawn collar, red cloak draped over his right shoulders, long curling brown hair, moustache and thin beard
oil on copper
oval, 2 in. (70 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with spiral cresting, the reverse engraved with erroneous inscription
Provenance
Dowdeswell & Dowdeswells, London (in 1912).
Exhibited
Brussels, Htel Goffinet, Exposition de la miniature, 1912, no. 662 (as Duke of Buckingham by Gonzales Coques, lent by Dowdeswell & Dowdeswells, London).