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Painting
The Reconciliation of King Henry III and Henry of Navarre
Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 - 1640
Rubens, Peter Paul
Flanders
1577 - 1640
Male
9 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. (23.8 x 19.4 cm)
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Oil
Oil
1628
1628
1628
1600-1800, 17th century, men, paintings, world history
Painting
In 1622 Marie de' Medici commissioned from the internationally famous painter Rubens two series of enormous paintings to decorate the Luxembourg Palace in Paris, where she then lived. The first series, now in the Louvre, told her own life story. The second was to tell the life of her husband Henry IV, but was never completed, and most of the scenes are known only from painted sketches like this one. The event here is a 1589 meeting between King Henry III of France (Catherine de' Medici's youngest son) and King Henry of Navarre, the future King Henry IV of France.
Henry III had no heirs, and a rival faction of French nobles who wanted to usurp his throne had taken over Paris. His cousin Henry of Navarre, although Protestant and excommunicated by the Pope, was the rightful heir. At the meeting portrayed here, Henry III promised to declare Henry of Navarre his heir, if the famous warrior king would help him to recapture Paris. To symbolize the agreement, Rubens shows the two kings clasping hands around the royal French scepter and a figure behind them holding an insignia of two clasped hands. A few months later, Henry III was stabbed by an assassin. On his deathbed, he made Henry IV promise to convert to Catholicism. Henry IV's famous comment was "Paris is well worth a mass" ("Paris vaut vien une messe").
[Gallery label text, 1996]
, Removed from back of work or frame; now in curatorial file (8/07), Removed from back of work or frame; now in curatorial file (8/07)back of frameback of frameback of panel, Probably title page from the 1819 exhibition catalogueback of panelback of panelback of panel, Long text in French, describing the painting and the event depictedback of panel, Circular stamp, illegible-- possibly export stamp?back of panel, Small label with stamped blue circle; label is perforated vertically and horizontally at center
1944.24
item
Memorial Art Gallery
1/22/2001
44.24SL1
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44.24DI1
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2 x 2
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44.24SL2
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detail, upper half
2 x 2
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44.24DI2
digital image
verso
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44.24DI#3
digital image
3/25/2008
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4 x 5
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Glass
Glass Medallion of Louis III
Austrian artist, (active )
Austrian artist
Austria
Primary
5 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (13.7 x 13.7 cm)
Glass
Glass
0
0
1600-1800, 17th century, armor, portrait, portraits, stained glass, weapons, world history
Glass
Probably from an armorial window
1955.170.2
item
Memorial Art Gallery
12/15/2009
55.170.2DI#1
digital image
12/4/2009
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/55.170.2_A1.jpg
Glass
Glass Medallion of Charlemagne
Austrian artist, (active )
Austrian artist
Austria
Primary
5 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (13.7 x 13.7 cm)
Glass
Glass
0
0
1600-1800, 17th century, men, portrait, portraits, stained glass, weapons, world history
Glass
Probably from an armorial window
1955.170.3
item
Memorial Art Gallery
12/15/2009
55.170.3DI#1
digital image
12/4/2009
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/55.170.3_A1.jpg
Glass
Glass Medallion of Henry VII
Austrian artist, (active )
Austrian artist
Austria
Primary
5 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (13.7 x 13.7 cm)
Glass
Glass
0
0
1600-1800, 17th century, armor, portrait, portraits, stained glass, weapons, world history
Glass
Probably from an armorial window
1955.170.4
item
Memorial Art Gallery
12/15/2009
55.170.4DI#1
digital image
12/4/2009
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/55.170.4_A1.jpg
Glass
Glass Medallion of Caligula
Austrian artist, (active )
Austrian artist
Austria
Primary
5 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (13.7 x 13.7 cm)
Glass
Glass
0
0
1600-1800, 17th century, portrait, portraits, stained glass, world history
Glass
Probably from an armorial window
1955.170.5
item
Memorial Art Gallery
12/15/2009
55.170.5DI#1
digital image
12/4/2009
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/55.170.5_A1.jpg
Glass
Glass Medallion of Otto IV
Austrian artist, (active )
Austrian artist
Austria
Primary
5 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (13.7 x 13.7 cm)
Glass
Glass
0
0
1600-1800, 17th century, armor, portrait, portraits, stained glass, weapons, world history
Glass
This small glass roundel, probably created for an armorial window, depicts Otto IV of Brunswick (1175–1218), who served as the King of Germany, the King of Italy, and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Although Otto lived during the middle Medieval period in Europe, the artist has shown him in the guise of an emperor of ancient Rome.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
1955.170.6
item
Memorial Art Gallery
12/15/2009
55.170.6DI#1
digital image
12/4/2009
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