Heroic deeds and mystic figures : a new reading of Rubens' Life of Maria de' Medici / Ronald Forsyth Millen and Robert Erich Wolf
1989, 1st edition. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #417367
ISBN: 0691040656
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. Rubens, Peter Paul 1577-1640 Criticism and interpretation. Marie de Médicis Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France 1573-1642 ; Portraits. Marie de Médicis Queen, Consort of Henry IV, King of France 1573-1642. Painters Belgium 17th century. Painting, Flemish. Marie de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France. Paintings, Belgium.
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