Lot 35: Francesco Morandini, called il Poppi (Poppi 1544-1597 Florence?)

Francesco Morandini, called il Poppi (Poppi 1544-1597 Florence?)
Portrait of Francesco I de' Medici (1541-1587), Grand Duke of Tuscany, three-quarter-length, in a fur-trimmed coat and a white ruff, his hand resting on the pages of Mattioli's 'Commentarii in sex Libros Pedacii Dioscoridis', on a draped table with an armillary sphere, before a curtain
oil on panel
45 3/8 x 53 7/8 in. (115.2 x 86 cm.)

B. Nicolson, 'The Sandford Collection', The Burlington Magazine, XCVII, July 1955, no. 628, p. 214, no. 48, fig. 37.

Rev. John Sanford, Casino Torrigiani, Florence and Connaught Place, London; Christie's, London, 9 March 1839, lot 96, as 'A. del Sarto' (10 gns. to Cooke).
with Martin B. Asscher, London.
F. Holland, Llandudno, Wales.