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Object Type
print
Museum number
1891,0414.1218
Title
Object:
Henri IV délibère sur son futur mariage
Series:
La Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg
Description
Plate 7: The Presentation of the portrait of Marie de' Medici; Henri IV standing in armour at left and looking up at a painted portrait of his future wife, held by Hymen and Cupid, Jupiter and Juno onlooking from above, a female personification of France standing behind the king, two putti carrying away the king's armour below; after Peter Paul Rubens. c.1707-1709 Etching and engraving
Producer name
After:
Peter Paul Rubens
Print made by:
Jean Audran
Intermediary draughtsman:
Jean Marc Nattier
Published by:
Jean Marc Nattier
School/style
French
Flemish
Production date
1707-1709
(c.)
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
etching
Dimensions
Height:
497 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
348 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This is one from a series of twenty-four, for another impression of this plate (in an album) and for comment see Hh,6.8. For comment on the series see Hh,6.2. After the painting now in Paris, in the Musée du Louvre, inv.no.1772.
Bibliographic references
Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens
(220.19.7)
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(30)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
allegory/personification
politics
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Marie de Médicis, Queen and Regent of France
Representation of:
Henri IV, King of France and Navarre
Representation of:
Hymen
Representation of:
Eros/Cupid
Representation of:
Zeus/Jupiter
Representation of:
Hera/Juno
Representation of:
France
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Charles Fairfax Murray
Acquisition date
1891
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1891,0414.1218