Portrait of Cosimo de' Medici I

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Portrait of Cosimo de' Medici I

1544

Niccolò della Casa (French (active Italy), 1543–1547) After a painting by Baccio Bandinelli (Italian, 1488–1560)

This print is based on a design by the sculptor Baccio Bandinelli (1488-1560), who created several busts of Cosimo I de' Medici. The engraving may have served to show the duke an idea for a colossal public statue.

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Object Details

Titles:

Portrait of Cosimo de' Medici I

Date:

1544

Artists:

Niccolò della Casa (French (active Italy), 1543–1547) After a painting by Baccio Bandinelli (Italian, 1488–1560)

Medium:

Engraving

Dimensions:

Plate: 17 1/8 x 11 15/16 inches (43.5 x 30.3 cm) Sheet: 17 5/16 x 12 1/16 inches (43.9 x 30.6 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985

Accession Number:

1985-52-2280

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