Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 7
3. List of Illustrations 9
4. Acknowledgements 13
5. Prologue 15
6. Introduction 23
7. 1. Samson and Dilemma: Rubens Confronts the Woman on Top 37
8. 2. Making Assumptions: Marian Tropes after Italy 79
9. 3. Maria de’ Medici and Isabel Clara Eugenia 119
10. 4. Peace Embraces Plenty: Queering Female Virtue at Whitehall 177
11. 5. All That Depends on Color: Feminizing Rubens in the Seventeenth Century 209
12. Epilogue 239
13. About the Author 243
14. Index 245