Detail View: The AMICA Library: Grand Prince Ferdinando de' Medici (1663-1713)
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1993.332.2
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Creator Name:
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Foggini, Giovanni Battista
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Creator Role:
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Sculptor
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1652-1725
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Giovanni Battista Foggini
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Title:
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Portrait Bust
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Title Type:
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Object name
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Title:
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Grand Prince Ferdinando de' Medici (1663-1713)
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View:
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Side View
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Creation Date:
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17th century (ca. 1683-85)
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Creation Start Date:
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1683
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Creation End Date:
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1685
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Materials and Techniques:
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Marble; base of gray marble
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Dimensions:
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H. (including base) 39 in. (99.1 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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1993.332.2
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Credit Line:
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Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1993
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Rights:
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Context:
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This bust of the elder son of Grand Duke Cosimo de' Medici and that of his father (MMA, 1993.332.1) belong to a series of compelling images representing members of the Medici family. The dramatic, vigorous late Baroque style reveals the influence of Bernini and his followers on Foggini. Ferdinando is portrayed in his early twenties. The artist captures his dreamy and sensitive nature, which radiates from his handsome, regular features. His face is framed by a mass of cascading curls that merges with the lavish Venetian gros-point lace of his jabot and the folds of his generous mantle. At the time the portrait was carved, Cosimo was pressing the young prince to take a wife. Ferdinando married in 1689, but the union did not produce an heir. When the prince predeceased his father, the grand-ducal crown was passed to his brother Gian Gastone, the last Medici to rule Florence. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.es1993.332.2.AV1.tif
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