# Portrait of Ferdinando II de' Medici [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SUSTERMANS, Justus]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 43 x 33 cm ## Commentary Together with another painting, this is a rare and unusual scientific record of the illness that afflicted the young Ferdinando II in 1626 at the age of 16, when he was not yet Grand Duke. The paintings represent two successive phases of smallpox, on the seventh and ninth day. The picture shown here represents the ninth day when the rash erupted fully. At the time smallpox was a serious and often mortal illness. However, Ferdinando managed to survive. ## Related artworks - [Cosimo III de' Medici]() - [Family of Cosimo II de' Medici]() - [Portrait of Ferdinando II de' Medici Dressed in Oriental Costume]() - [Portrait of Ferdinando II de' Medici]() - [Portrait of Galileo Galilei]() - [Portrait of Margherita de' Medici]() - [Portrait of Mattias de' Medici]() - [Portrait of Prince Valdemar Christian of Denmark]() - [Portrait of Vincenzo II Gonzaga]() - [Portrait of Vittoria della Rovere and Cosimo III as a Child]() - [Portrait of Vittoria della Rovere]() - [The Senators of Florence swearing Allegiance to Ferdinando II de' Medici]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()