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Some 400 years after the assassination of Henry IV in Paris on May 14, 1610, the Florence Superintendency, the Museo delle Cappelle Medicee and the Musée national du château de Pau celebrate the great king of France and Navarra. The exhibit is composed of the 19 canvases that Cosimo II dei Medici commissioned to Florence academy artists to celebrate the funeral rites of Henry IV on September 16, 1610 in the Basilica of San Lorenzo.
Having just taken the helm of the family dynasty at the time, the new Grand Duke wanted to hold an important funeral ceremony for the “very Christian King.” Holding ceremonies and celebrations of births, marriages and deaths that had taken place in Europe’s other important dynasties had become customary in the Medici court because it was a way to affirm the Medici's importance in Europe. The paintings commissioned for the funeral of Henry VI were hung along the walls of the church; they were lit up beautifully by a series of candles, which recalled the virtues of the King.
The exhibit takes place in the Cappelle Medicee in Florence. A part of the show pays attention to the Medici family and its relations with the French royals. In fact, it was Maria dei Medici, the daughter of Ferdinando I, who married Henry IV and moved to France in 1600, becoming the country's future queen. In addition to the 19 paintings discussed above, the exhibit also showcases books, engravings and designs, as well as a family tree of the Medici, objects thta belonged to the figures that were linked to the assassination of the king, marriage documents, portraits on canvas and in sculpture of the king and queen, and a magnificent sketch by Pieter Paul Rubens of the arrival of Maria dei Medici in Marseille. Maria commissioned this painting, made from 1622 to 1624, for her palace in Luxemburg.
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Having just taken the helm of the family dynasty at the time, the new Grand Duke wanted to hold an important funeral ceremony for the “very Christian King.” Holding ceremonies and celebrations of births, marriages and deaths that had taken place in Europe’s other important dynasties had become customary in the Medici court because it was a way to affirm the Medici's importance in Europe. The paintings commissioned for the funeral of Henry VI were hung along the walls of the church; they were lit up beautifully by a series of candles, which recalled the virtues of the King.
The exhibit takes place in the Cappelle Medicee in Florence. A part of the show pays attention to the Medici family and its relations with the French royals. In fact, it was Maria dei Medici, the daughter of Ferdinando I, who married Henry IV and moved to France in 1600, becoming the country's future queen. In addition to the 19 paintings discussed above, the exhibit also showcases books, engravings and designs, as well as a family tree of the Medici, objects thta belonged to the figures that were linked to the assassination of the king, marriage documents, portraits on canvas and in sculpture of the king and queen, and a magnificent sketch by Pieter Paul Rubens of the arrival of Maria dei Medici in Marseille. Maria commissioned this painting, made from 1622 to 1624, for her palace in Luxemburg.
www.unannoadarte.it
