\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This is a portrait of the Queen of France, Marie deÆ Medici, who is celebrated by Rubens in a series of canvases depicting t
he exploits of the queen and her husband Henry IV. This portrait, which seems to have been left unfinished, was probably one of the models used by the Flemish painter during the execution of the allegorical cycle.