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Peter Paul Rubens: The Wedding by Proxy of Marie de' Medici to King Henry IV

Artist



Alternative names	Rubens, Pierre Paul Rubens, Pieter Paul Rubens, Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Description	Flemish painter, sculptor, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death	28 June 1577	30 May 1640
Location of birth/death	Siegen	Antwerp
Work period	16^th century date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Work location	Antwerp (1589-1600), Mantua (9 May 1600-1608), Spain (1603), Antwerp (1608-1640), Netherlands (1612), Paris (23 May 1623-29 June 1623, 4 February 1625-9 June 1625), Calais (November 1626), Paris (December 1626), Brussels (1627), Netherlands (10 July 1627-6 August 1627), Spain (26 August 1628-29 April 1629), London (18 May 1629-23 March 1630), Brussels (1631), Netherlands (November 1631), Affligem (September 1634)
Authority file	: Q5599 VIAF: 56647196 ISNI: 0000000121341267 ULAN: 500002921 LCCN: n79055561 NLA: 36442606 WorldCat

Title

Les Épousailles de la reine ou La Réception de l'anneau

Series title

Marie de' Medici cycle

Object type

painting

Genre

history painting

Description

Deutsch: Gemäldezyklus für Maria de' Medici, Königin von Frankreich, Szene: Vermählung Heinrich IV. und der Maria de' Medici in Florenz

English: The Wedding by Proxy of Marie de' Medici to King Henry IV (1622–25), Rubens depicts the proxy marriage ceremony of the Florentine princess Marie de' Medici to the King of France, Henry IV which took place in the cathedral of Florence on October 5, 1600. Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini presides over the ritual, however since Henry IV was too busy to attend his own wedding, the bride's uncle, the Grand Duke Ferdinand of Tuscany stood in his place and is pictured here slipping a ring on his niece's finger

Depicted people

Date

from 1622 until 1625

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 394 cm (12.9 ft); width: 295 cm (116.1 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Français : Aile Richelieu, 2ième étage, salle 18 (La Galerie Médicis)

Accession number

INV 1773 and MR 964 (Department of Paintings of the Louvre)

Notes

Deutsch: Historienmalerei, Auftraggeberin: Maria de' Medici, urspr. für die Galerie im Palais de Luxembourg in Paris, 21 Gemälde zum Leben der Königin, Pendant zur geplanten Galerie zum Leben Heinrich des IV., die nur teilweise ausgeführt wurde

References

Joconde database: entry 000PE008769

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Source/Photographer

http://www.artflakes.com/en/products/p-dot-p-rubens-vermaehlung-der-maria-medici

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current	07:03, 6 September 2011	452 × 600 (65 KB)	Sir Gawain	better version
	17:21, 16 September 2009	450 × 595 (52 KB)	Zweig92	better version
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