The French queen since 1600, regent under the minor Louis XIII. Not knowing how to manage the country itself, she was ruled by her favorite Italian Konchino Konchini. When the king, after the long reign of Konchini ordered him to be killed, and his mother insulated under the supervision of Blois, she fled from there and organized an insurgency armed against her son.
The artist portrayed Maria de ‘Medici in battle, on a hot horse, excited, hot in the heat of battle.
Related Paintings 
Maria Medici à la bataille de Pont de Ce – Theodore Gericault 
Marie de Medici en la batalla de Pont de Seu – Theodore Gericault 
Officer of the horse rangers of the Imperial Guard, going on the attack by Theodore Gericault 
The Jellyfish Raft by Theodore Gericault 
Queen Maria-Anna of Austria by Diego Velasquez 
Derby in Epsom by Theodore Gericault 
Toilet Esther by Theodore Chasserio 
Portrait of a Madman by Theodore Gericault
Maria Medici à la bataille de Pont de Ce – Theodore Gericault Marie de Medici en la batalla de Pont de Seu – Theodore Gericault Officer of the horse rangers of the Imperial Guard, going on the attack by Theodore Gericault The Jellyfish Raft by Theodore Gericault Queen Maria-Anna of Austria by Diego Velasquez Derby in Epsom by Theodore Gericault Toilet Esther by Theodore Chasserio Portrait of a Madman by Theodore Gericault