Antique Print-RUBENS-LE TEMS DECOUVRE LA VERITE-MARIE DE MEDICI-Gabriel-1873

Engraving / stipple engraving / etching combination on chine-collee attached to a vellin type of paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 30.5 x 48 cm. The image size is ca. 19 x 30.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 12 x 18.9 inch. The image size is ca. 7.5 x 12 inch.

Plate : ‘Le Tems decouvre la Verite.’ (Time discovers the truth). Engraving after a painting by Rubens. Louis XIII in armour on clouds at top left and giving an emblem of harmony (a laurel with clasped hands holding a burning heart) to his mother Marie de’ Medici in top right, Time lifting Truth below. This original antique print originates from ‘Musee du Louvre. Galerie de Rubens dite du Luxembourg composee des vingt-quatre tableaux de la vie de Marie de Medicis graves sur acier par les premiers artistes …’, with text by S. de Saint-Planchez, published in Paris c. 1873 by Gustave Guerin (first published 1809). This work shows and describes paintings from the Rubens Luxembourg Gallery in the Louvre Museum, depicting the life of Maria de Medici, widow of King Henri IV, engraved by the foremost artists.Artists and Engravers: Gabriel, engraver.

Condition: Good. General age related toning. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-RUBENS-LE TEMS DECOUVRE LA VERITE-MARIE DE MEDICI-GABRIEL

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