Frans Pourbus the Younger (Flemish, 1569-1622)
Marie de’ Medici
INV-7859
Frans Pourbus the Younger (Flemish, 1569-1622)1616
Marie de’ Medici
Frans Pourbus the Younger (Flemish, 1569-1622) →17th Centuryoil on canvaspaint
Date
1616
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.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Kate S. Buckingham
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.
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