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Giuliano Dami (14 September 1683 – 5 April 1750) was the favourite and valet (Aiutante di Camera) of Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1723 – 1737). He is known for the "magnetic influence" [5] he exercised on the last Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany, and for his relationship with him.
Gian Gastone, knowing the Dowager Electress probably would never succeed, went about ensuring his sister's inheritance of all the House of Medici's private property. Thus, he separated Medici possessions from those of the state; hitherto, there had been no distinction between the two. [48] Gian Gastone in armour, painted after Franz Ferdinand ...
In the 10-hour battle, punctuated by cannon fire and boarding actions, 600 pirates were killed or captured and they lost 4 of the 5 ships (3 sunk, 1 captured), while the Italians lost 60 dead. [ 79 ] In 1686, Tuscany sent 4 galleys, 4 galiots, and 2 other vessels carrying 870 soldiers to participate in the Morean War (a battalion of 400 Tuscans ...
[3] From 1737 onwards, there is an extensive correspondence with Horace Walpole, son of the Minister Sir Robert Walpole , in which he meticulously describes everything that happens in Florence, from the death of Gian Gastone de' Medici to that of the Electress Palatine (falling "ruining" the carnival ), up to the arrival of the Lorraines .
Gian Gastone with the new grand ducal crown, modified from the previous. When Cosimo III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1670–1723) received the "right to royal rank" from Vienna, he added arches and a globe to the top of the grand ducal crown, as these were the typical elements of a royal crown.
The order was created by Cosimo I de' Medici, first Grand Duke of Tuscany. The last member of the Medici dynasty to be a leader of the order was Gian Gastone de Medici in 1737. The purported dissolution of the order in 1859 by the provisional government of Tuscany to the Kingdom of Sardinia .
Italiano: Questo ritratto di Gian Gastone de' Medici fu commissionato al pittore olandese Adriaen van der Werff dal cognato del principe, l'elettore palatino del Reno Giovanni Guglielmo, nel luglio del 1698, trovandosi contemporanemante il ritrattato e il ritrattista per un breve periodo a Düsseldorf.
In December 1704, he painted Prince John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and in 1705, he painted a portrait of Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. In 1716, he lost his job when the Elector died and was replaced by Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine .