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Peter Paul Rubens: The Wedding by Proxy of Marie de' Medici to King Henry IV  wikidata:Q29655360 reasonator:Q29655360
Artist
Peter Paul Rubens  (1577–1640)  wikidata:Q5599 s:sl:Peter Paul Rubens q:en:Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul Rubens
Alternative names

Rubens, Pierre Paul Rubens, Pieter Paul Rubens, Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Description Flemish painter, sculptor, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 28 June 1577 Edit this at Wikidata 30 May 1640 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Siegen Antwerp
Work period 16th century Edit this at Wikidata
Work location

Antwerp (1589-1600), Mantua (9 May 1600-1608), Spain (1603), Antwerp (1608-1640), Netherlands (1612), Paris (23 May 1623-29 June 1623, 4 February 1625-9 June 1625), Calais (November 1626), Paris (December 1626), City of Brussels (1627), Netherlands (10 July 1627-6 August 1627), Spain (26 August 1628-29 April 1629), London (18 May 1629-23 March 1630), City of Brussels (1631), Netherlands (November 1631), Affligem (September 1634)

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Title

Les Épousailles de la reine ou La Réception de l'anneau
Series title Marie de' Medici cycle Edit this at Wikidata
Object type painting
Genre history painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description

Deutsch: Gemäldezyklus für Maria de' Medici, Königin von Frankreich, Szene: Vermählung Heinrich IV. und der Maria de' Medici in Florenz

English: The Wedding by Proxy of Marie de' Medici to King Henry IV (1622–25), Rubens depicts the proxy marriage ceremony of the Florentine princess Marie de' Medici to the King of France, Henry IV which took place in the cathedral of Florence on October 5, 1600. Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini presides over the ritual, however since Henry IV was too busy to attend his own wedding, the bride's uncle, the Grand Duke Ferdinand of Tuscany stood in his place and is pictured here slipping a ring on his niece's finger
Depicted people
Date from 1622 until 1625
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions height: 394 cm (12.9 ft); width: 295 cm (116.1 in)
Louvre Museum   wikidata:Q19675  (Inventory)
Louvre Museum
Native name Louvre Museum Edit this at Wikidata
Location
Coordinates 48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E Link to OpenStreetMap Link to Google Maps Edit this at Wikidata
Established 10 August 1793 Edit this at Wikidata
Website www.louvre.fr
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Current location

Français : Aile Richelieu, 2ième étage, salle 18 (La Galerie Médicis)
Accession number

INV 1773 and MR 964 (Department of Paintings of the Louvre) Edit this at Wikidata
Notes

Deutsch: Historienmalerei, Auftraggeberin: Maria de' Medici, urspr. für die Galerie im Palais de Luxembourg in Paris, 21 Gemälde zum Leben der Königin, Pendant zur geplanten Galerie zum Leben Heinrich des IV., die nur teilweise ausgeführt wurde
References Joconde database: entry 000PE008769
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