"Guillaume Dupré, Medal, Cosimo De Medici"
Cosimo II de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
By Guillaume Dupré, 1613
Diam. 94mm
A fine, contemporary cast.
Bust of Cosimo right, wearing armour, a cloak, a ruff and a cross of an order
Legend: COSIMVS.II.MAGN DVX.ETRVRIAE.IIII (diamond shaped stops)
Cosimo II, fourth Grand Duke of Tuscany
Signed and dated under the truncation: GDP 1613
Cosimo de Medici (1590-1620) succeeded his father at the age of nineteen in 1609. An invalid from 1614 until his death, his chief claim to fame lies in his protection of Galileo.
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