Heroic deeds and mystic figures : a new reading of Rubens' Life of Maria de' Medici / Ronald Forsyth Millen and Robert Erich Wolf
1989, First Edition. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press. Fine cloth copy in a fine, somewhat dust-dulled and edge-bumped dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #467274
Physical description; xiv, 256 pages, 63 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-248) and index. Contents; Introduction: Minerva beset and the artful dodger -- The life of Maria de' Medici in outline -- Plan of the gallery -- The portraits of the Queen's parents -- The fates spin the destiny of the future Queen -- The birth of Maria de' Medici -- The education of the Princess -- The presentation of her portrait to Henri IV -- The wedding by proxy in Florence -- The disembarkation at Marseilles -- The marriage consummated in Lyons -- The birth of the Dauphin at Fontainebleau -- The consignment of the Regency -- The coronation in Saint-Denis -- The death of Henri IV and the proclamation of the Regency -- The Council of the Gods -- The regent militant: the victory at Jülich -- The exchange of the Princesses at the Spanish border -- The felicity of the Regency -- Louis XIII comes of age -- The expulsion from Paris -- The flight from Blois -- The negotiations at Angoulême -- The Queen opts for security -- The return of the mother to her son -- Time unveils the truth -- The Queen triumphant -- Appendix A: "A journey into France" -- Appendix B: Rosso Fiorentino, Boyvin and Rubens: old shapes into new. Subjects; Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Criticism and interpretation. Histories of Marie de' Medici (Rubens, Peter Paul). Marie de' Medici, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France (1573-1642) Portraits. Painting Flemish 17th century. Painters Belgium 17th century.
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