“Catherine de' Medici” Sitzendorfer Porzellanmanufaktur, after 1918
Description
Hand painted porcelain, signed.
Dimensions: 28x14x16 cm
Catherine de' Medici (1519 – 1589) was a Florentine noblewoman born into the Medici family. She was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King Henry II and the mother of French kings Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III. The years during which her sons reigned have been called "the age of Catherine de' Medici" since she had extensive, if at times varying, influence in the political life of France.