Scipione Pulzone - PORTRAIT OF FERDINANDO DE' MEDICI AS CARDINAL - image-1

Lot 1116 Dα

Scipione Pulzone - PORTRAIT OF FERDINANDO DE' MEDICI AS CARDINAL

Auction 1002 - overview Cologne
17.11.2012, 00:00 - Old Masters and 19th Century (1000th Century)
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €
Result: 9.760 € (incl. premium)

Scipione Pulzone

PORTRAIT OF FERDINANDO DE' MEDICI AS CARDINAL

Oil on canvas (relined). 49 x 39 cm.

Ferdinando de' Medici (1549-1609) was the 5th son of the Grand Duke Cosimo I of Tuscany. He became cardinal at the age of fourteen and followed his elder brother Francesco in becoming 3rd Grand Duke in 1587.
We would like to thank Francesco Petrucci for the confirmation that this painting is a work by Scipione Pulzone.

Provenance

Aldrovandi-Marescotti Collection, Migliora. - Private collection, Rhineland.