# Cosimo I de' Medici and his Family [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ROSSI, Giovanni Antonio de']() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Variegated white and black onyx, 19 x 17 cm ## Commentary The cameo shows Cosimo I de' Medici \(1519-1574\), then Duke of Florence, his wife, Eleonor of Toledo \(1519-1562\), and their sons, Francesco \(1541-1587\), Ferdinando \(1549-1609\), Giovanni \(1543-1562\), Garzia \(1547-1562\) and the young Pietro \(1554-1604\), not yet at the height of his mother's waist, playing with the golden fleece. The family group is surmounted by an allegorical Fame, winged and blowing his trumpet. ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()