SUSTERMANS, Justus
(b. 1597, Antwerpen, d. 1681, Firenze)

Portrait of Mattias de' Medici

c. 1660
Oil on canvas, 75 x 60 cm
Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence

Shown here in form-fitting parade armour, Mattias, brother of Grand Duke Ferdinando II, distinguished himself as a soldier. He was an intellectual and passionate collector as well.