Justus Sustermans (1597-1681)

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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Justus Sustermans (1597-1681)

Portrait of Matthias de' Medici (1613-1667), half length, wearing armour and a blue sash, and holding a baton

27¾ x 22 3/8in. (70.5 x 56.8cm.)

Provenance

George Harland Peck, 9 Belgrave Square, London
Anon. Sale, Christie's, 22 Feb. 1924, lot 112, as 'J. Sustermans - Portrait of Ferdinand II, Grand Duke of Tuscany' (10gns. to Hursey,
i.e. Hercy)
Sir Francis Hercy, 80 South Audley Street, London

Literature

K. Langedijk, The Portraits of the Medici 15th-18th Centuries, II, 1983, no.92, 22, illustrated

Lot Essay

Matthias de' Medici was the son of Cosimo II de' Medici (1590-1621) and the younger brother of Ferdinand II de' Medici (1610-1670). Intended for the church, he renounced this vocation in April 1629 and followed a military career. No other versions of the present picture are known, although another portrait depicting the sitter as a military commander with a baton is in the Galleria Palatina, Florence (catalogue of the exhibition, Sustermans, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, July-Oct. 1983, p.104, no.XXXIX, illustrated)

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