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title-page
Object Type
print
title-page
Museum number
1891,0414.1029
Description
Title-page with title written on a pedestal at centre, a female personification (Cybele?) wearing a mural crown enthroned on the pedestal and resting her arms on two lions (representing Louis XIII and Marie de' Medici?); Time holding a young naked woman at left, and holding Medusa upside-down at right; three small scenes below; after Peter Paul Rubens; title to Mathieu de Morgues' collection of eleven political tracts in favour of Marie de' Medici "Diverses Pieces" (Antwerp: 1637) Engraving
Producer name
After:
Peter Paul Rubens
Print made by:
Cornelis Galle I
Published by:
Balthasar Moretus I
School/style
Flemish
Production date
1637
Production place
Published in:
Antwerp (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
285 millimetres
Width:
183 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens
(196.20)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(383-417)
(Galle)
Corpus Rubenianum XXI / Rubens. Book Illustrations and Title Pages
(75)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
allegory/personification
Associated names
Illustration to:
Mathieu de Morgues
Associated with:
Louis XIII, King of France and Navarre
Associated with:
Marie de Médicis, Queen and Regent of France
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Diverses Pieces pour la Defense de la Royne Mere du Roy tres-chrestien Louys XIII
(Antwerp, 1637)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Charles Fairfax Murray
Acquisition date
1891
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1891,0414.1029