Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Object: King Henri IV Receiving the Portrait of Marie de' Medici
From: Painted for Marie de Medici, the wife of Henry IV and mother of Louis XIII, an allegory about her career
Date: 1621-1625
artistic movement: Spain Baroque Art
Origin: Spain
Material: oil on canvas
-Painting in the grand manner: emphasized the different parts of an image of a significant subject (still life, landscape, figures, animals, etc.)
-Strong diagonals and mythological references
-Rubenesque: voluptuous, curvy
-A puti gives Henry IV the portrait while Lady France stands beside him and Jupiter and Hera sit above