# Caterina de' Medici, Queen of France [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Onyx cameo mounted in gold and rubies, 4 x 3,5 cm ## Commentary Caterina de' Medici, Queen of France c. 1533 Onyx cameo mounted in gold and rubies, 4 x 3,5 cm Museo degli Argenti, Florence This cameo represents Caterina de' Medici at fourteen years of age, at the moment of her marriage to Henry of Valois \(1533\). The portrait is enclosed in an elegant gold frame enhanced by 29 rubies mounted with a "closed" setting. ## 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]()