Giovan Battista Foggini
(Florence 1652 - 1725)
Ferdinand II de' Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany
Original plaster model with metal and lapis coordinate points
Dimensions: Height 40 cm x width 47 cm
This plaster example is the original model made by the master, distinguished by the metallic reference points for measurements to be reported on replicas of the portrait made in the Florentine sculptor's workshop. For comparison, see Foggini's marble bust preserved at the National Gallery of Art in Washington
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