# Lorraine-Medici Coat-of Arms [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Painted and gilt wood, 200 x 150 cm ## Commentary In 1737, after Gian Gastone de' Medici passed away without leaving heirs, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany passed to Francesco Stefano of Lorraine, husband of the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa of Habsburg. This emblem, in which the crowned emblem of the Lorraine is shown together with that of the Medici, was exhibited throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries inside the semiprecious stone manufactory in Florence. ## Related artworks - [A Bishop Saint]() - [A Curious Scene]() - [Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel]() - [Adoration of St Mark]() - [Allegorical Portrait of Dante]() - [Altar frontal]() - [Altarpiece \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare]() - [Altarpiece of the Magi]() - [Altarpiece]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()