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1915
Sold to Mr. H. C. Frick
1 East 70 St
[[In red ink: Dec 31/1915
Ent Jour
folio 209]] =
1 Ptg. by Angiolo Bronzino
"Portrait of Francesco De Medici"
$72,000 [[In red ink: [checkmark]]]
Francesco de Medici, Son of Cosimo I.,
Grand Duke of Tuscany; born 25 March,
1545, succeeded his father in 1574; created
Grand Duke by the Emperor Maximilian
in 1576; died 19th October, 1587.
A distinguished patron of the arts and
sciences, and the first to discover the
method of melting rock crystal; he was
also the first to manufacture porcelain
in imitation of the Chinese. He established
a botega for this purpose in the Boboli
Gardens in Florence about 1570, and one
of the largest specimens in existence of
this rare porcelain (with the mark F.
and the Cathedral of Florence) was in
the Taylor Collection, whence also comes
the Bronzino Portrait of Francesco,
which is the subject of this notice.
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1915
Sold to Mr. H. C. Frick
1 East 70 St
[[In red ink: Dec 31/1915
Ent Jour
folio 209]] =
1 Ptg. by Angiolo Bronzino
"Portrait of Francesco De Medici"
$72,000 [[In red ink: [checkmark]]]
Francesco de Medici, Son of Cosimo I.,
Grand Duke of Tuscany; born 25 March,
1545, succeeded his father in 1574; created
Grand Duke by the Emperor Maximilian
in 1576; died 19th October, 1587.
A distinguished patron of the arts and
sciences, and the first to discover the
method of melting rock crystal; he was
also the first to manufacture porcelain
in imitation of the Chinese. He established
a botega for this purpose in the Boboli
Gardens in Florence about 1570, and one
of the largest specimens in existence of
this rare porcelain (with the mark F.
and the Cathedral of Florence) was in
the Taylor Collection, whence also comes
the Bronzino Portrait of Francesco,
which is the subject of this notice.
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