A Queen's Picture
A Queen's Picture. Guido Reni and European Diplomacy
A Queen's Picture. Guido Reni and European Diplomacy
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The commission took on notable importance<br />
due to its position at the very centre of diplomatic<br />
relations between Rome and London at the time; 2<br />
it formed part of the Vatican’s attempt to bring a<br />
‘heretical’ England back into the bosom of the<br />
Catholic Church. It marked a very special moment<br />
in the papacy of Urban VIII Barberini, brought to<br />
fruition by Cardinal Francesco Barberini, who was<br />
indeed the ‘cardinal nephew’, and the Cardinal<br />
Protector of England and Scotland. The ascent to<br />
the throne of Charles I had significantly furthered<br />
Anthony van Dyck, Charles I of England with his wife, Henrietta Maria, 1632, Arcidiecézní muzeum, Kroměříž, Czech Republic<br />
2 S. Madocks, Trop de beautez découvertes: New light on Guido Reni's late Bacchus and Ariadne in The Burlington Magazine,<br />
vol. 126, no. 978, Sept. 1984, p. 546
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