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 MEDICI, LORENZO DE', Duke of Urbino, portrait, Raphael, lost (?). Son of Piero de' Medici, nephew of Pope Leo X. and of Giuliano de' Medici, and father of Catherine de' Medici. Copy in Fabre Museum, Montpellier.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 352; Passavant, ii. 145; Müntz, 411; Springer, 252.

MEDICI, MARIA DE', DEATH OF, Nicaise de Keyser, National Gallery, Berlin; canvas, H. 4 ft. 6 in. × 5 ft. 5 in.; signed, dated 1845. Maria de' Medici, queen of King Henry IV. of France, on her deathbed, one hand upon the crucifix, the other holding a medallion with the portrait of her son Louis XIII.; near by stands a nun carrying a candle; in the foreground, beside the bed, a Dominican in prayer; in the open door in the background, through which the priest with the sacrament is passing out, are two noblemen.

Education of Maria de' Medici, Rubens, Louvre, Paris.

MEDICI, MARIA DE', HISTORY OF, Rubens, Louvre, Paris; series of twenty-one pictures, canvas. Maria de' Medici (1573-1632), daughter of Francis I. of Tuscany and of the Archduchess Joanna of Austria, and wife of Henri IV. of France, having returned to Paris after her reconciliation with her son Louis XIII., employed Rubens to paint a series of decorative pictures for the grand gallery (now destroyed) of her Palace of the Luxembourg. Rubens went to France in 1621, made the sketches in Paris, executed the pictures in Antwerp with the aid of his scholars, and delivered them in 1625. He also painted three portraits for the gallery: Maria de' Medici as Bellona, her Father Francis I., and her Mother Joanna; all of which, together with the series, were removed to the Louvre in 1779. Eighteen of the original sketches, in grisaille, are in the Munich Gallery.

1. Destiny of Maria de' Medici, H. 13 ft. × 5 ft. Engraved by L. de Chastillon.—Landon, Musée, v. Pl. 19.

2. Birth of Maria de' Medici (April 26, 1573), H. 13 ft. × 9 ft. 8 in. Engraved by G. Duchange.—Landon, Musée, v. Pl. 13.

3. Education of Maria de' Medici, H. 13 ft. × 9 ft. 8 in. Engraved by N. Loir.—Landon, Musée, v. Pl. 25.

4. Henri IV. receiving Portrait of Maria de' Medici, H. 13 ft. × 9 ft. 8 in. Engraved by J. Audran.—Landon, Musée, v. Pl. 37.

5. Marriage of Maria de' Medici by Procuration (Florence, October 5, 1600), H. 13 ft. × 9 ft. 8 in. Engraved by A. Trouvain.—Landon, Musée, v. Pl. 45.

6. Landing of Maria de' Medici at Marseilles (November 3, 1600), H. 13 ft. × 9 ft. 8 in. Engraved by G. Duchange (1710).—Landon, Musée, v. Pl. 49.

7. Marriage of Maria de' Medici and Henri IV. (Lyons, December 10, 1600), H. 13 ft. × 9 ft. 8 in. Engraved by G. Duchange.—Landon, Musée, v. Pl. 61.

8. Birth of Louis XIII. (Fontainebleau, September 27, 1601), H. 13 ft. × 9 ft. 8 in. Engraved by B. Audran.—Landon, Musée, v. Pl. 69.

9. Henri IV. about to depart for the Army, intrusts the Government to Maria de' Medici (1610), H. 13 ft. × 9 ft. 8 in. En