鲁本斯曾受法国太后玛莉·美帝奇委托,为其绘制二十四幅歌颂其生涯,并将其政治立场当化的作品,本作品就是这系列中最杰出的一幅。如同该系列中的其他作品。鲁本斯在这幅中也使用了许多的拟人像,以及希腊、罗马神话中的神祇,为玛莉实际上平庸无奇的生涯赋予些许趣味与意义。这个 Rubens had been entrusted by the Queen Mother of the United States, Mary Medige, to draw twenty-four works that celebrated her career and made her political position as the most outstanding one in this series. Like other works in the series. Rubens also used a lot of portraits in this painting, as well as the gods in Greek and Roman mythology, giving Mary a bit of fun and meaning in her mediocre life. This one