# Portrait of Francesco I de' Medici [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ALLORI, Alessandro]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on lead with gold leaf, diameter 7 cm ## Commentary Portrait of Francesco I de' Medici c. 1558 Oil on lead with gold leaf, diameter 7 cm Private collection Francesco I \(1541-1587\) was the son of Cosimo de' Medici and Eleonora di Toledo and ruled as second Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1574 until his death in 1587. The present small tondo was probably a gift from Francesco to his sister Lucrezia on the occasion of her marriage to the Ferrarese Duke Alfonso II d'Este in June 1588. ## Related artworks - [Allegory of Human Life]() - [Allegory of the Christian Church]() - [Annunciation]() - [Fresco decoration \(detail\)]() - [Fresco decoration \(detail\)]() - [Lunette fresco \(detail\)]() - [Most Holy Trinity]() - [Pearl Fishers]() - [Plan for the decoration]() - [Portrait of a Noble Woman]() - [Portrait of a Woman]() - [Portrait of a Young Man]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()