Queen's education. Ca. 1710.

After the original by P. P. Rubens.
Engraving, etching. 495 x 343.
Under the image, on the left: Rubens pinxit.; on the right: I. M. Nattier delin. Loir sculpsite.; in the center: L’Education de la Reine. Minerve enseigne a la Reine ...| ... la Peinture, la Sculpture & la Musique;.below, on the right: A Paris chez le S.r Nattier peintre de l'Academie Royale rue Frementeau. Avec Privilege du Roy.
Sheet from a series of twenty-four engravings dedicated to the life of Queen Regent of France Maria de' Medici, made by various masters after Rubens' originals. A series of paintings was painted by Rubens in 1622-1623 for the Queen's Luxembourg Palace in Paris.
The originals are in the Louvre.
Inv. G 592.
Literature: Le Blanc, t. 2, p. 561, No. 22; Schneevoogt, 1873, p. 220, No. 19 (6); Roses, v. 3, p. 224, No. 732.

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577, Siegen – 1640, Antwerp) – Flemish painter, one of the most prominent representatives of the Baroque era, diplomat, collector.

Nattier, Jean-Marc (1685, Paris – 1766, Paris) – French painter, the founder of a new style of painting – a historical portrait.