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Studio of Justus Suttermans (Antwerp 1597-1681 Florence)
Lot 124 Property from a Private South American Collection

Studio of Justus Suttermans (Antwerp 1597-1681 Florence)

Portrait of Ferdinand II de' Medici (1610-1670), Grand Duke of Tuscany, full-length

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Studio of Justus Suttermans (Antwerp 1597-1681 Florence)
Portrait of Ferdinand II de' Medici (1610-1670), Grand Duke of Tuscany, full-length
oil on canvas
64 3/8 x 43 ½ in. (163.6 x 110.5 cm.)

with F. Kleinberger, Paris, by 1911; American Art Association, New York, 23 January 1918, lot 76, as 'JUSTUS SUSTERMANS' to the following.
with Scott and Fowles, New York.
with M. Knoedler & Co., New York; Christie's, London, 26 July 1935, lot 74, as 'J. SUSTERMANS'.
Jules Forges, Paris, from whose estate sold through Pier Nesi, United States of America, in April 1954 to the following.
Private collection, Venezuela, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

The son of Cosimo II and his wife, Maria Maddalena of Austria, Ferdinando II was born in Florence on 14 July 1610. His father's early death in 1621 marked the start of a long regency that lasted until he was able to assume complete control of Tuscany at age 18. Multiple versions of this type exist, the closest of which appears to be the three-quarter-length portrait in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (no. 45.128.13).