Meeting of Maria de' Medici and Henry IV in Lyon. 1710.

After the original by P. P. Rubens.
Engraving, etching. 500 x 345.
Under the image, on the left: Rubens pinxit.; on the right: I. B. Nattier delineavit. G. Duchange Sculpsit.; in the center: La ville de Lion va audevant de la Reine. Cette ville sous une figure de femme ... qui portent des flambeaux; below, on the right: A Paris chez le S.rNattier 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 595.
Literature: Le Blanc, t. 2, p. 149, No. 34; Schneevoogt, 1873, p. 220, No. 19 (10); Roses, v. 3, p. 230, No. 736; Inventaire BNF XVIIIe s., t. 7, p. 382, No. 13.

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.