La Destinée de la Reine (The Destiny of the Queen)

Print

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

La Destinée de la Reine (The Destiny of the Queen)

Entry/Object ID

2021.05.04

Description

Jupiter and Juneau and the Fates

Type of Print

Engraving, Etching

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper, ink

Acquisition

Accession

2021.05

Source or Donor

Art Museum of Greater Lafayette

Acquisition Method

Gift

Source (if not Accessioned)

Art Museum of Greater Lafayette

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Louis Chatillon

Role

Print Maker

Artist

Peter Paul Rubens

Attribution

After

Role

Painter

Artist

Jean Baptiste Nattier

Attribution

After a drawing by

Role

Draughtsman

Manufacturer

Gaspard Duchange

Date made

circa 1707 - circa 1710

Place

* Untyped Place

Paris, France

Edition

La Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

lower left on plate below image

Transcription

Rubens pinxit

Language

Latin

Translation

Painted by Rubens

Material/Technique

Engraved, Ink

Type

Inscription

Location

lower right on plate below image

Transcription

I.B. Nattier delin. / Lud. De Chastillon sculp.

Language

Latin

Translation

Drawn by Jean Baptise Nattier, Engraved by Louis de Chatillon

Material/Technique

Engraved, Ink

Type

Inscription

Location

lower center in plate below image and text

Transcription

A Paris chez G. Duchange Graveur du Roy, rue St Jacques au dessus de la rue des Mathurins. Avec Privilege du Roy.

Language

French

Translation

In Paris by G. Duchange, Engraver to the King, St Jacques Street above Mathurins Street. [Published] With the King's Permission.

Material/Technique

Engraved, Ink

Type

Inscription

Location

lower center in plate below image

Transcription

La destinée de la Reine Les Parques filent la vie de la Reine sous l’heureuse constellation de Jupiter. Ce Dieu est caressé par Junon, qui est la Déesse des accou- chemens, et qui veut assister à la naissance de la Princesse pour la render digne de tous les bonneurs ou peut atteindre une mortelle

Language

French

Translation

The Queen's Destiny. The Fates spin the life of the Queen under the happy constellation of Jupiter. This god is caressed by Juno, who is the goddess of childbirth, and who wants to attend the birth of the Princess to make her worthy of all good fortune that maybe attained by a mortal.

Material/Technique

Engraved, Ink

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Notes

name of the painting from the Luxembourg Palace in Paris, now in the Louvre

Dimensions

Height

20-1/8 in

Width

10-1/8 in

Color

Black, White

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Source Notes

Role

Information provided by source.

Notes

Acquired by the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette in 1979 {1}; donated to Purdue University Galleries in 2021 {1} based on acquisition number

Copyright

Type of License

None

Copyright Holder

Purdue University Galleries

Restrictions

In the public domain.

Exhibition

Legacy of Gifting: Donations from the Lafayette Art Museum (2023)

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition label

Label

Louis Chatillon (ca. 1639-1734), French after Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Flemish The Destiny of the Queen, ca. 1707-1710 Ink on paper engraving 2021.05.04 This print is from a large cycle of paintings commissioned in 1821 by the French Queen Marie de Medici depicting her life in allegory on a grand scale. This scene is from the first panel titled the Destiny of the Queen. Here Juno and Jupiter sit on clouds while the three Fates spin and measure the life of Marie de Medici. Notice that the third Fate does not have scissors, symbolic of the ending of the subject’s life. Rubens is best known for his fleshy, rotund female nudes, so-called Rubenesque figures, such as the case here. The massive twenty-four paintings can now be seen in the Louvre’s Medici gallery.