Ferdinand II de' Medici, Son of Cosimo II, Husband of Vittoria della Rovere

Description Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, (1610–1670), Grand Duke of Tuscany 1621–1670, presided over a period of great decline in the fortunes ofthe Medici family and of Tuscany.. Sustermans was a Medici court portraitist but the portraits of Ferdinand and his wife appear to be workshop pieces, of the type commonly produced to fill the wide demand for portraits of the ruling family.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
12/16/1971	Treatment	x-ray; cleaned
1/04/1972	Treatment	coated; inpainted; varnish removed or reduced; x-ray
9/20/1991	Examination	examined for condition

Provenance Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902