Cosimo II de' Medici
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Cosimo II de' Medici was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1609 until his death. He was the elder son of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Christina of Lorraine.
Cosimo II after Justus Sustermans
Cristofano Allori: Cosimo II
Portrait of Cosimo II de' Medici, 17th century, National Museum in Kraków
Dedication to Medici in volume I of "Opere di Galileo Galilei" (1718)
Ferdinando II de' Medici
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Ferdinando II de' Medici was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1621 to 1670. He was the eldest son of Cosimo II de' Medici and Maria Maddalena of Austria. Remembered by his contemporaries as a man of culture
Cosimo II de' Medici
…Medici family symbolic balls, or palle. Cosimo and Maria Maddalena had eight children in just eight years; among them was Cosimo's eventual successor, Ferdinando II, an Archduchess of Inner Austria, a Duchess of Parma and two cardinals. Ferdinando I died in 1609. Due to his precarious health, Cosimo did not actively…
Justus Sustermans Portrait of Ferdinando II de' Medici Dressed in Oriental Costume WGA21971
Equestrian portrait of Ferdinando de' Medici by Justus Sustermans
The family of Ferdinand II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1622–1623), from left to right: Mattias, Gian Carlo, Francesco and the Grand Duke Ferdinand with the cross of Saint Stephen; the Duchess-mother Maria Magdalena of Austria, Marie-Christine, Marguerite, Anne and the young Leopold, Musée Ingres Bourdelle.
Cosimo III, second son of Ferdinando II, engraving by Adriaen Haelwegh