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La Felicité de la Regence

Print
1704 (published)
Artist/Maker
Bernard Picart (engraver)
Marc Nattier (publisher)
Jean-Marc Nattier (draughtsman)
Peter Paul Rubens (artist)
Place of origin
France (published)

Print depicting Marie de Médicis holding a scale of justice and sceptre, seated on a throne and surrounded by allegorical and mythological figures.


Object details

Categories
Portraits
Prints
Royalty
Object type
Print
Titles
  • La Felicité de la Regence (assigned by artist)
  • Galerie du Luxembourg (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
'La Felicité de la Regence'. Engraving by Bernard Picart and Jean-Marc Nattier after Peter Paul Rubens, France, 1704.
Physical description
Print depicting Marie de Médicis holding a scale of justice and sceptre, seated on a throne and surrounded by allegorical and mythological figures.
Dimensions
  • Height: 49.5cm (cut)
  • Width: 34.6cm (cut)
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Style
French School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'B. P. 1704.' (Signed and dated)
  • 'L’heureux Gouvernement…la France au siecle d’or / Rubens pinxit J. M. Nattier delineavit B. Picart Sculpsit A Paris chez le Sr. Nattier Peintre de l’Academie Royal rue Frementeau. Avec Privilege du Roy.' (Lettered with title, 4 lines of French)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Object history
This print is based on a drawing by Jean-Marc Nattier made after a painting by Rubens. The series comprised three prints and was entitled 'Galerie du Luxembourg'. Marc Nattier, father of Jean-Marc, held a royal licence to reproduce the cycle of paintings by Rubens depicting the History of Marie de Medicis. The paintings were then in the Palais du Luxembourg and are presently in the Louvre, Paris.
Subjects depicted
Queen
Throne
Sceptre
Scales
Marie De Médicis
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3202-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O564381/la-felicité-de-la-regence-print-bernard-picart/
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