The Senators of Florence swearing Allegiance to Ferdinando II de' Medici

Image credit: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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This is one of three known preparatory paintings for a large overdoor commissioned from Suttermans to celebrate the accession of the young Ferdinando as Grand Duke in 1621. The reclining nude represents the river Arno. The Grand Duke is seated between his mother, Maria Maddalena of Austria on his right, and his grandmother, Christine of Lorraine, on his left.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Oxford

Title

The Senators of Florence swearing Allegiance to Ferdinando II de' Medici

Date

1621–1626

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 61 x W 82 cm

Accession number

WA1974.3

Acquisition method

Purchased with the assistance of the Museums and Galleries Commission/Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund and the Friends of the Ashmolean, 1974

Work type

Painting

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