‘The Felicity of the Regency’ replaces the rejected depiction ‘The Departure from Paris’. The queen appears with scales, the orb, and the staff of justice as the embodiment of a successful regency. Bounty and abundance denote the blessed consequences of her regency.
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Peter Paul Rubens,
Die glückliche Regierung (Skizze zum Medici-Zyklus), 1625,
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/anxgKkdxEq (Last updated on 23.05.2022)
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