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# In 1711 Cosimo III of Tuscany commissioned Bartolomeo Bimbi to paint a 53-kilogram pumpkin
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/velikogo-gertsoga-toskany-kozimo-iii-priniato-schitat-malorezultativnym-skuchnym-i-posredstvennym-pravitelem/
- Published: 2019-11-01T14:28:39.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:57:16.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Monarchies, Observations, People, Humour

Grand Duke Cosimo III of Tuscany is customarily regarded as an unproductive, dull and mediocre ruler. To me, it takes a fine sense of humour to commission the court painter to make portraits of one's own harvest. The tongue simply refuses to call it a still life, this magnificent 53-kilogram pumpkin that Cosimo III ordered Bartolomeo Bimbi to paint in 1711\. A truly ducal scale!