Cosimo III de' Medici (1642–1723), later Grand Duke of Tuscany

Artist Justus Sustermans (Giusto Suttermans) Flemish, active in Italy, 1597–1681

Datecirca 1644–1646

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions38 1/2 x 29 in. (97.8 x 73.7 cm)
Frame: 45 3/8 x 36 1/2 in. (115.3 x 92.7 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number52.9.114

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ProvenanceCreated Florence [present day Italy], ca. 1644–1646. Probably Lucien Bonaparte (1775–1840), Prince Français, 1st Prince of Canino and Musignano; [his sale, William Buchanan, London, February 6, 1815, no. 13, as Portrait of a Child of the Family Medicis, by Souttermans, bought in]; [his sale, Stanley, London, May 16, 1816, no. 138, as Portrait of a Boy of the House of Medici, by Soutermans]. [1] Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts (1814– 1906), 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Holly Lodge, Highgate, London; Lady Beryl Gilbert (d. 1918), Revesby Abbey, Boston, Lincolnshire, England; [posthumous sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, February 8, 1918, no. 125, as Portrait of a Child, by Cuyp. [David M. Koetser Gallery, New York]; sold to NCMA, 1952.

[1] The painting sold at the second Bonaparte sale, in 1816, but the buyer is not listed.

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