Rubens, Peter Paul (1577 Siegen - 1640 Antwerp)

Lot 2022 limit € 100

6 engravings after drawings by Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766) after paintings by PP Rubens, inscribed at the bottom of the plate, from the series of copper engravings La Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg, for the painting cycle Maria de Medici and Henri IV, published by Duchange in 1710 Paris, sheet size approx. 51 x 40 cm, cropped, the engravings show scenes from the life of Maria de Medici, the second wife of the French king Henri IV, including La Naissance de la Reine, Le Mariage de la Reine, LAccouchement de la Reine , Le Roy part pour la guerre dAllemagne, La Reine prend le parti de la paix and Henri IV. delibre sur son futur mariage, partly stronger damage, dirty and discolored, four sheets behind glass in old frame (best.), with Frame approx. 57 x 46 cm each