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| Keywords: Sir Peter Paul Rubens - Section from "The Government of the Queen" - Walters 371.jpg The original painting is from the Medici cycle commissioned in 1622 for the Luxembourg Palace by the Dowager Queen Marie de' Medici and completed by Rubens and his assistants within three years When the palace was presented to the Senate of the Republic in 1808 the twenty-one monumental canvases were transferred to the Louvre where they have since been displayed Preliminary studies for the cycle are preserved in the Alte Pinakothek Munich The scene is set on Mount Olympus In this copy which is a detail from the right side of the original composition Apollo and Mars are seen in the foreground expelling Discord and Envy Behind are several Olympian deities including Venus partially swathed in pink drapery and Ceres Until 1937 this copy bore the signature E Delacroix which was proved to be spurious during conservation treatment Prior to 1937 the painting was consistently recorded as a work of Eugène Delacroix an attribution which has not been substantiated by stylistic comparisons or documentary evidence It is now catalogued as an anonymous copy after Peter Paul Rubens 1st half Other date century 19 oil on panel cm 50 32 5 accession number 37 1 16541 Daniel Cottier London date and mode of acquisition unknown E F Milliken Sale American Art Galleries New York February 14 1902 no 20 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1902 Signature Formerly signed lower left E Delacroix; Sticker On paper label on reverse of frame Millikin/35420 International Exhibition of Industry Science and Art Edinburgh 1886 Undercover Stories in Art The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1980 place of origin China Peter Paul Rubens 042 jpg Original Walters Art Museum license 2D Paintings after Peter Paul Rubens Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
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