Antique Print-RUBENS-MARIA DE MEDICI-EXILE-BLOIS-Duthe-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. 22.5 x 30 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 12 x 18.9 inch. The image size is ca. 8.9 x 11.8 inch.

Plate : ‘La Reine s´enfuit de la ville de Blois.’ (Marie de’ Medici returning from exile in the city of Blois). Engraving after a painting by Rubens. Night scene with the queen dressed in black at centre and greeted by five cavaliers at centre, the female personification of France in armour behind her, one of the queen’s maids descending a ladder at left, the Castle of Blois beyond, Night and Dawn hovering as winged personifications above. 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: Engraved by Duthe after Pieter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640). J. Duthe / Duthee (French publisher/printer. printmaker. 1788 – 1869)

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

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-RUBENS-MARIA DE MEDICI-EXILE-BLOIS-DUTHE

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