Marie de’ Medici
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 99.7 × 77.5 cm (39 1/4 × 30 1/2 in.); Framed: 140.3 × 119.4 × 10.2 cm (55 1/4 × 47 × 4 in.)
- Genre
- Oil on canvas
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
paintingflemishluxuryfansportraits: European subjectpaintcanvaswomanlaceheaddressesjewelryportraits: female subjectoil on canvasportraitblack (color)oil paint (paint)painting (image making)17th Centurypainting techniqueschairinteriorportraitsoil paintingeuropean paintingwealthdressesnobility
About
Though Frans Pourbus the Younger descended from a dynasty of portrait painters in the Spanish Netherlands, he, like Antonis Mor, served courts across Europe, including those in Brussels, Mantua, and Paris. This likeness of Marie de’ Medici, queen mother of Louis XIII of France, was executed six years after she appointed Pourbus her personal portraitist. His meticulous depiction of her elaborate garments effectively conveys a variety of textures, details, and patterns within a restricted color palette.
