# Cosimo I de' Medici [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 218 x 144 cm ## Commentary This painting is one of the many portraits, in this case posthumous, of Cosimo I de' Medici represented as Grand Duke, crowned and with the sceptre in his left hand. After his death in 1574, the Emperor Maximilian signed the license which conceded the title of Grand Duke to the Medici dynasty. ## 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]()