Portrait of Maria de' Medici (1575-1642), Queen mother of France, Peter Paul Rubens, circa 1622

Dressed completely in black, with a widow's headdress and simple jewelry, marie de medici is portrayed as the queen mother, after having governed france as a regent from 1610 to 1617. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: circa 1622. Dimensions: height: 130 cm (51.1 in); width: 112 cm (44 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Marie de' Medici. Collection: Museo del Prado. MariadeMedici