Oil Painting Replica Coronation of Marie de Medici, 1624 by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640, Germany) | WahooArt.com

"Coronation of Marie de Medici"

Peter Paul Rubens (i) - Oil On Canvas (i) - 394 x 727 cm - 1624 - (Musée du Louvre (Paris, France)) (i) - Baroque (i) One of the Marie de' Medici cycle's painting; The Coronation in Saint-Denis is one of the few paintings in the cycle that does not contain any mythological figures. This painting is the last scene on the North End of the West Wall, showing the completion of Marie's divinely assisted preparation.[42] It would be one of two paintings most visually apparent upon entrance into the gallery through the southeast corner. Rubens composes The Coronation in Saint-Denis for distanced viewing by employing accents of red. For example, the robes of two cardinals near the right edge. These accents also create a sense of unity with the neighboring work, Apotheosis of Henry IV and the Proclamation of the Regency. This painting is a representation of an historical event in the life of the Queen where the King and the Queen were crowned at the basilica of Saint-Denis in Paris. Considered one of the principal paintings in the series along with the Apotheosis of Henry IV and the Proclamation of the Regency both scenes also show Marie de’ Medici receiving the orb of state.