The Birth of the Queen. 1710.

After the original by P. P. Rubens.
Engraving, etching. 500 x 342.
Under the image, on the left: Rubens pinxit; on the right: I. B. Nattier delineavit. G. Duchange Sculpsit.; in the center: La Naissance de la Reine. Junon Lucine Deesse des accouchemens ... de la naissance de la Reine; 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 594.
Literature: Le Blanc, t. 2, p. 149, No. 32; Schneevoogt, 1873, p. 220, No. 19 (5); Roses, v. 3, p. 223, No. 731; Inventaire BNF XVIIIe s., t. 7, p. 381, No. 11.

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.