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In this painting, Henry IV and Marie de’ Medici, appear as if they themselves were the companions of the God’s. It is in this painting of the royal engagement, that Rubens chooses to use symbolism to show how the marriage to Marie de’ Medici helped to save France, and bring them out of war. Upon viewing the portrait of Marie de’ Medici, Henri IV falls instantly in love. The painting is showed to him by cupid and Hymen, the God of marriage; while the supreme God Jupiter, and his wife, Juno, view the proceedings from above. In this adaptation Henry IV, is wearing his steel breast plate and is silhouetted with a landscape, where the smoke of war lingers. He is being encouraged to give up war for love, by the personification of France. The main focus of this painting is political propaganda.^[1]

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1. ^ Stockstad, p. 155.

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Artist	Rubens, Peter Paul
Title	Deutsch: Gemäldezyklus für Maria de' Medici, Königin von Frankreich, Szene: Heinrich empfängt das Porträt Maria de' Medicis
Year	Deutsch: um 1622-1625 English: c. 1622-1625
Technique	Deutsch: Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions	Deutsch: 394 × 295 cm
Current location	Deutsch: Musée du Louvre	Deutsch: Paris
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
Source	The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.
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Creator/Artist
Name	Rubens, Peter Paul
Date of birth/death	1577-06-28	1640-05-30
Location of birth/death	Deutsch: Siegen	Deutsch: Antwerpen
Work location	Deutsch: Antwerpen, Italien, Spanien, England, Deutschland

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