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Isabelle de Borchgrave – Marie de’ Medici, 2006

“A Pietro Facchetti portrait of Marie de’ Medici served as the basis of this piece. As the second wife of France’s King Henry IV, Marie served as queen consort, and was eventually crowned Queen of France, the day before her husband died. Marie also acted as regent for her son, Louis XIII, until he was of age to reign. Louis XIII was 9 years old at the time of his coronation. As the mother of the King, one of Marie’s projects was the construction and design of the Palais du Luxembourg – which she sought to have resemble the Palazzo Pitti in her native Florence. The Palais du Luxembourg is in the 6th arondissement of Paris, and houses the French Senate.”