The fate of the Queen. 1710.

After the original by P. P. Rubens.

Engraving, etching. 498 × 225.

Under the image, on the left: Rubens pinxit.; on the right: I. B. Nattier delin. Lud. De Chastillon sculpt.; in the center: La destinée de la Reine. Les Parques filent la vie de la Reine ... ou peut atteinder une mortelle; below: A Paris chez G. Duchange Graveur du Roy, rue St Jacques au dessus de la rue des Mathurins. 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 591.

Literature: Le Blanc, t. 1, p. 639, No. 14; Schneevoogt, 1873, p. 220, No. 19 (4); Roses, v. 3, p. 221, No. 730; Inventaire BNF XVIIe s., t. 2, p. 387, No. 81.

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

Nattier, Jean-Baptiste (1678, Paris – 1726, Paris) – French historical painter, brother of Jean-Marc Nattier.