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Plate 5: Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France, with her children, Henry III, King of France and Poland; Francis II, King of France and Scotland; Charles IX, King of France; Francis, Duke of Anjou and Alençon; Elisabeth, Queen of Spain; Margaret, Queen of France and Navarre; and Claudia, Duchess of Lorena

1751
Not on view
After frescoes by Franceschini celebrating the Medici ancestry for the inner court of Villa Petraia, Florence.

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  • Title: Plate 5: Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France, with her children, Henry III, King of France and Poland; Francis II, King of France and Scotland; Charles IX, King of France; Francis, Duke of Anjou and Alençon; Elisabeth, Queen of Spain; Margaret, Queen of France and Navarre; and Claudia, Duchess of Lorena
  • Artist: Giuliano Giampiccoli (Italian, 1703–1759)
  • Artist: Intermediary draftsman Giovanni Elia Morghen (Italian, 1721–after 1789)
  • Artist: After Baldassarre Franceschini (il Volterrano) (Italian, Volterra 1611–1690 Florence)
  • Subject: Catherine de' Medici (Italian, Florence 1519–1589 Blois)
  • Subject: Henry III, King of France (French, Fontainebleau 1551–1589 Saint-Cloud)
  • Subject: François II, King of France (French, Fontainebleau 1544–1560 Orléans)
  • Subject: Francis, Duke of Anjou and Alençon (French, Fontainebleau 1555–1584 Château-Thierry)
  • Subject: Charles IX, King of France (French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1550–1574 Vincennes)
  • Subject: Elisabeth de Valois, Queen of Spain (French, Fontainebleau 1545–1568 Aranjuez)
  • Subject: Marguerite de Valois, Queen of France (French, 1553–1615)
  • Subject: Claude, Duchess of Lorraine (French, Fontainebleau 1547–1575 Nancy)
  • Date: 1751
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 23 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (60.6 × 34.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.4186
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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