Frontispiece depicting the allegorical representation of Maria de' Medici and her relationship to her son Louis XIII for the book Diverses Pièces pour la défense de la royne mere by Mathieu de Morgues (Antwerp: 1637)
Artist(s) / maker(s)
Erasmus II Quellinus (after),
Peter Paul Rubens (after)
,
Cornelis II Galle (engravers (printmakers))
,
Balthasar II Moretus (publisher)
Date
ca. 1637Period
17 centuryCollection
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
An allegorical figure with a city crown and two lions sits in front of a balustrade, flanked on either side by symbolic representations of peace (dove) and battle (eagle with lightning bolt). On the left, Father Time shows Truth, on the right Father Time puts away Envy.
