# Portrait of Ferdinando II de' Medici Dressed in Oriental Costume [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SUSTERMANS, Justus]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 64 x 50 cm ## Commentary Portrait of Ferdinando II de' Medici Dressed in Oriental Costume c. 1640 Oil on canvas, 64 x 50 cm Galleria Palatina \(Palazzo Pitti\), Florence Called "the wisest of princes and the prince of wise men" - perhaps for his protection of Galilei and other scientists - Ferdinando II also enjoyed life. However, the sumptuous entertainments held in the Palazzo Pitti and the galleries and theatre of the Uffizi were underwritten by extraordinarily heavy taxation. Now too grand for trade, the Medici were sliding into chronic financial crisis. ## Related artworks - [Cosimo III de' Medici]() - [Family of Cosimo II de' Medici]() - [Portrait of Ferdinando II de' Medici]() - [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]()