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<p>[QUOTE="Iosephus, post: 3160049, member: 71955"]<b>Marie de' Medici</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Work of Guillaume Dupré, 1624.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.virtuscollection.com/pics/1136-large.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><i>Bronze, 106.0 mm Ø, 101.8 g (Uniface)</i></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Bust of Marie de' Medici facing right, wearing a widow's cap, a string of pearls, and a dress with open standing collar at the front of which hangs a cross. Around, in retrograde, MARIA AVGVSTA GALLIÆ ET NAVARÆ REGINA (<i>Maria Augusta, Queen of France and Navarre</i>). Beneath the truncation, G DVPRE F 1624 .</p><p><br /></p><p>Marie de' Medici was born on April 26, 1575, in Florence to Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. In October of 1600, she married Henri IV of France, and was crowned Queen of France on May 13, 1610, one day before her husband's assassination. Although her son, Louis XIII, come of age on his thirteenth birthday in 1614, thus ending the regency of Marie, she still remained the de facto ruler of France until Louis exiled her in 1617. In 1621, with assistance her confidant and adviser, Cardinal Richelieu, Marie and Louis reconciled. Richelieu himself was appointed to the royal council of ministers on April 29, 1624. Jones has suggested that the inscription, which is legible only in a mirror, is intended to suggest that Marie's titles are merely reflections of the glory of her son. Several medals of Marie were produced by Dupré during her widowhood, and the pearl necklace she is shown wearing was a wedding present from Henri IV.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>References:</b> Johnson 1990, no. 137; Jones 1988, no. 59; Pollard 2007, no. 649[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Iosephus, post: 3160049, member: 71955"][B]Marie de' Medici[/B] Work of Guillaume Dupré, 1624. [IMG]http://www.virtuscollection.com/pics/1136-large.jpg[/IMG] [I]Bronze, 106.0 mm Ø, 101.8 g (Uniface)[/I] [B] Obverse:[/B] Bust of Marie de' Medici facing right, wearing a widow's cap, a string of pearls, and a dress with open standing collar at the front of which hangs a cross. Around, in retrograde, MARIA AVGVSTA GALLIÆ ET NAVARÆ REGINA ([I]Maria Augusta, Queen of France and Navarre[/I]). Beneath the truncation, G DVPRE F 1624 . Marie de' Medici was born on April 26, 1575, in Florence to Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. In October of 1600, she married Henri IV of France, and was crowned Queen of France on May 13, 1610, one day before her husband's assassination. Although her son, Louis XIII, come of age on his thirteenth birthday in 1614, thus ending the regency of Marie, she still remained the de facto ruler of France until Louis exiled her in 1617. In 1621, with assistance her confidant and adviser, Cardinal Richelieu, Marie and Louis reconciled. Richelieu himself was appointed to the royal council of ministers on April 29, 1624. Jones has suggested that the inscription, which is legible only in a mirror, is intended to suggest that Marie's titles are merely reflections of the glory of her son. Several medals of Marie were produced by Dupré during her widowhood, and the pearl necklace she is shown wearing was a wedding present from Henri IV. [B]References:[/B] Johnson 1990, no. 137; Jones 1988, no. 59; Pollard 2007, no. 649[/QUOTE]
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