Marie de Medici by Peter Paul Rubens

Marie de Medici commissioned Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) to paint her. She used the paintings to decorate her apartment in the palace, currently the head quarters of the Senate in the Luxembourg Garden.

Maria de Medicis contratou Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) para pintar a sua vida. Com estes quadros decorou o seu apartamento no palácio, atual sede do Senado, no Jardim do Luxemburgo.

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)-‘the birth of the princess, in Florence on 26 April 1573’-oil on canvas-(1622-1625)    Paris-Musée du Louvre  

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)-‘the presentation of the portrait of Marie de’ Medici’-oil on canvas-(1622-1625)    Paris-Musée du Louvre  

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)-‘the wedding by proxy of Marie de’ Medici to king Henry IV’-oil on canvas-(1622-1625)    Paris-Musée du Louvre  

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)-‘the meeting of Marie de’ Medici and Henry IV at Lyons’-oil on canvas-(1622-1625)    Paris-Musée du Louvre  

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)-‘birth of the dauphin (Louis XIII) at Fontainebleau’-oil on canvas-(1622-1625)    Paris-Musée du Louvre  

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)-‘the coronation of Marie de’ Medici in basilica of Saint-Denis’-oil on canvas-(1622-1625)    Paris-Musée du Louvre