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Oct 14, 2023 · Marie de Medicis as Bellona by Peter Paul Rubens is an overtly flattering portrait of Marie de Medici that sees her depicted as Bellona. Bellona was the Roman Goddess of War, and here Rubens shows Marie de Medici leaning against a cannon, the armour of defeated enemies at her feet, two cherubs adoring her helmet with the civic crown.
Marie de Médicis as Bellona. 1622-25. Oil on canvas, 276 x 149 cm. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Certainly, it was not the rather heavy features of the Medici family, particularly evident in the queen, that had attracted Henri IV, but the scale of her dowry.
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The Marie de' Medici Cycle is a series of twenty-four paintings by Peter Paul Rubens commissioned by Marie de' Medici, widow of Henry IV of France, for the Luxembourg Palace in Paris. Rubens received the commission in the autumn of 1621.
Apr 5, 2009 · Summary[edit] Marie de' Medici (1573-1642) as triumphal queen. Base Atlas, as Marie de Médicis (1573 - 1642) en reine triomphante . Base Joconde, as Portrait de Marie de Médicis en Bellone, 1621-1625. Web Gallery of Art, as Marie de Médicis as Bellona, 1622-25.
Marie de' Medici (French: Marie de Médicis; Italian: Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV. Marie served as regent of France between 1610 and 1617 during the minority of her son Louis XIII .
Apr 22, 2024 · Marie de Médicis (born April 26, 1573, Florence [Italy]—died July 3, 1642, Cologne [Germany]) was the queen consort of King Henry IV of France (reigned 1589–1610) and, from 1610 to 1614, regent for her son, King Louis XIII (reigned 1610–43). Marie was the daughter of Francesco de’ Medici, grand duke of Tuscany, and Joanna of Austria.
