Equestrian portrait of Mary de' Medici (1575-1642) and the triumph at Julich

Commissioned as part of a larger cycle, this equestrian portrait of Marie de' Medici was executed by Peter Paul Rubens in 1622. The work depicts the queen alongside a representation of the triumph at Jülich, rendered in oil paint on a wooden panel. Following its creation, the painting entered the holdings of the Bavarian State Painting Collections.

It is currently preserved and displayed within the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, where it remains a significant example of Rubens' portraiture from the early seventeenth century.

The Equestrian portrait of Mary de' Medici and the triumph at Julich is held by the Bavarian State Painting Collections. Within this institution, the work is located at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. The painting was created in 1622 and is executed in oil on panel, measuring 64.8 cm in height and 50 cm in width.

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Created in 1622 by the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens, this oil on canvas presents a dynamic equestrian portrait of Marie de’ Medici. The composition places the queen on a white horse against a turbulent sky, while a winged figure bearing a crown hovers above and a attendant with a scroll stands below. The work is housed in Munich’s Alte Pinakothek.

The portrait aligns with the Counter‑Reformation’s artistic agenda, which favored emotionally engaging images that reinforced authority. Rubens, both an artist and a diplomat, used his mastery of Baroque aesthetics to craft a visual assertion of the queen’s power, situating her triumph within a broader narrative of divine right and political restoration.