Making peace. 1703

After the original by P. P. Rubens.

Engraving, etching. 495 x 345.

Engraver's signature to the right, on the column: B. P. 1703; under the image, on the left: Rubens pinxit., on the right: I. M. Nattier delin. B. Picard Sculpt.; in the center: La conclusion de la Paix. La Reine ayant accepted le parti ... de leur desespoir; below: A Paris chez le Sr. 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.

Other sheets of the series: No. 21, 22, 43, 44, 55, 69.

Inv. G 593.

Literature: Le Blanc, t. 3, p. 193, No. 494-496; Schneevoogt, 1873, p. 220, No. 19 (22); Roses, v. 3, p. 249, No. 749.

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.