Identification title(s): portrait of cosimo ii de' medici. Object type: print object number: rp-p-1957-168. Catalog reference: meaume 429-bis-2(2). Lieure 373-2(2). Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso bottom center, stamped: lugt 2228 collector's mark, verso bottom right, stamped: 'dr r', the letters 'dr p' in a square frame, all in purple ink. Description: bust portrait of cosimo ii de' medici, in armour. A border lettering around the oval portrait; below it a coat of arms, on either side of it two geniuses with weapons and banners. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: jacques callot. Place of manufacture: florence. Dating: 1620. Physical features: etching and engraving. Material: paper technique: etching / engraving (printing process). Dimensions: top: h 205 mm × w 140 mm explanation used as an illustration in: 'statuti dell' ordine de cavalieri di santo stefano' (florence: petro cecconcelli, 1620) or vieri cerchi, 'delle lodi di gran duca di toscana cosimo secondo' (florence: cosimo giunti, 1621). Klinkert, c. Subject: what: weaponshistorical personsarmourarmorial bearing, heraldry. Who: cosimo ii de'medici. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1957. Date: 1620.
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