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Object Type
print
Museum number
1878,0713.2619
Title
Object:
Au Roy - A la Reyne
Description
Double portrait of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria, after Charles le Brun; full-length, each mounting a horse, facing each other and looking towards the viewer; France personified crowns the queen while Fame crowns Louis with laurels; troops are seen marching in the midle distance, left; in the background is a view of the Château-Neuf of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and its succession of terraces. 1640 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Pierre Daret
After:
Charles Le Brun
Published by:
Pierre Daret
School/style
French
Production date
1640
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
392 millimetres
Width:
507 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The verses allude to France's war with the Holy Empire in the context of the Thirty Years' War, as well as to the birth of the Dauphin (1638); the child was born in the Château-Neuf of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, which is depicted in the background.
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(49)
Firmin-Didot 1875-77 / Les graveurs de portraits en France catalogue raisonné de la collection des portraits de l' École Française
(undescribed)
Wildenstein 1965 / Les oeuvres de Charles Le Brun d'après les graveurs de son temps
(199)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
palace/mansion
Associated names
Portrait of:
Louis XIII, King of France and Navarre
Portrait of:
Anne of Austria, Queen and Regent of France
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau
Acquisition date
1878
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1878,0713.2619