Antique Print-RUBENS-REINE PREND LE PARTI DE LA PAIX-MARIE DE MEDICI-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 prend le parti de la Paix.’ (The Queen receives the party of peace). Engraving after a painting by Rubens. The Treaty of Angouleme or The Reconciliation with Louis XIII. Marie de’ Medici enthroned in front of a monumental arch at right, accompanied by Prudence, the queen accepting a laurel branch from Mercury who stands naked at left together with Cardinal de La Rochefoucauld, while Cardinal de la Valette (archbishop at the time) touches the queen’s arm in a gesture of refusal. 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-REINE PREND LE PARTI DE LA PAIX-MARIE DE MEDICI-DUTHE

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