Les Parques filent la vie de la Reine sous l'heureuse constellation de Jupiter [...]
Rubens pinxit. J.B. Nattier delin Lud. de Chastillon sculp.
A Paris chez Duchange Graveur du Roy, rue St Jacques au dessus de la rue des Mathurins. Avec Privilege du Roy.
Engraving, platemark 505 x 235mm (19¾ x 9¼").
The Destiny of Marie de' Medici, the first picture in Rubens' great narrative cycle on the life of Marie. The three Fates, on clouds beneath Juno and Jupiter, spin the thread which determines Marie's destiny. Consisting of twenty-four paintings, the series was commissioned by Marie for the Luxembourg Palace in Paris. They now hang in the Louvre.
[Ref: 35030] £220.00
A Paris chez Duchange Graveur du Roy, rue St Jacques au dessus de la rue des Mathurins. Avec Privilege du Roy.
Engraving, platemark 505 x 235mm (19¾ x 9¼").
The Destiny of Marie de' Medici, the first picture in Rubens' great narrative cycle on the life of Marie. The three Fates, on clouds beneath Juno and Jupiter, spin the thread which determines Marie's destiny. Consisting of twenty-four paintings, the series was commissioned by Marie for the Luxembourg Palace in Paris. They now hang in the Louvre.
[Ref: 35030] £220.00