A portrait of Francesco de' Medici, within an oval frame, decorated with military equipment, battle scenes at bottom left and right outside of frame

1634

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (17.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection no.: 2012.136.449
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Stefano Della Bella. A portrait of Francesco de' Medici, within an oval frame, decorated with military equipment, battle scenes at bottom left and right outside of frame. Stefano Della Bella; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

A portrait of Francesco de' Medici, within an oval frame, decorated with military equipment, battle scenes at bottom left and right outside of frame — Stefano Della Bella. 1634.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (17.4 x 12.1 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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