Marie de Médicis

He painted the history of Marie de Medicis in the series of colossal pictures now in the Louvre.

She seceded from court because the court was swaggering and hurly-burly, with florid Marie-de-Medicis at its head.

It is a masterpiece, painted for Marie de Medicis, and afterwards sold by her in the days of her distress.

This practice began in the days of Marie de Medicis, when a chancellor's wife happened to be in great favour.

Marie de Medicis prolonged her stay in England nearly three years.