Frans Pourbus the Younger, Marie de' Medici, Queen of France (1573-1642). 1610, oil on canvas. Intended for Petite Galerie of the Palais du Louvre. Musée du Louvre.
Queen Marie de Medici, daughter of Francesco I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, married off to Henry IV of France who was not only twenty years her senior, but a divorcee as well. The day after she was crowned Queen her husband was assassinated while stuck in post coronation traffic. She then became Regent until her son Louis XIII came of age.Here she is seen wearing pearls, diamonds, garnets, sapphires and lace, in a blue gown trimmed in ermine.
