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Bust of Ferdinando I de'Medici above the entrance to the Novecentro Museum in Florence, Italy. #277829502
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Pictured is a marble bust of Ferdinando I de'Medici, completed in 1594 by Pietro Francavilla. It was placed above the entrance to the Hospital of San Paolo, now the Novecento Museum on the piazza of Santa Maria Novella. Ferdinando was a prominent figure of the Medici family and ruled over the Grand Duchy of Tuscany from 1587 until his death in 1609.