UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian
(active in 1530s in Florence)

Cameo with Cosimo I de' Medici

after 1546
Agate, enameled gold, copper, 4 x 3 cm
Museo degli Argenti, Florence

Cosimo is portrayed in profile, dressed in a suit of armor and with a mantle tied at the shoulder. The gem is set in its original enamelled and pearled mount, with a pod motif ornamented strip.