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Galerie Médicis

Posted on August 13, 2019 Updated on November 11, 2020

Musée du Louvre
Richelieu wing
2nd floor
Room 801
Rubens: the Galerie Médicis

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&channel=cus&q=rubens
https://www.louvre.fr/en/rooms/galerie-medicisflandres

Paintings
Flemish Painting

Italian-born French queen Marie de Médicis

The Marie de’ Medici cycle
The twenty-four monumental canvases displayed here were originally housed in the Luxembourg palace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_de%27_Medici_cycle

Painted by Rubens between 1622 and 1625, they depict episodes from the queen’s life, magnified by the presence of gods from ancient mythology.

https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/apotheosis-henri-iv-and-proclamation-regency-marie-de-medicis