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Plate 17: The exchange of the two princesses in Hendaye; allegorical scene with Anne of Austria and Elizabeth of Bourbon standing on a bridge holding hands from Recueil de la Galerie du Luxembourg

Jean Marc Nattier|Benoit Audran the Elder|Peter Paul Rubens|Gaspard Duchange

1707–10

Plate 17: The exchange of the two princesses in Hendaye; allegorical scene with Anne of Austria and Elizabeth of Bourbon standing on a bridge holding hands from Recueil de la Galerie du Luxembourg by Jean Marc Nattier|Benoit Audran the Elder|Peter Paul Rubens|Gaspard Duchange

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Sheet: 19 15/16 x 14 1/8 in. (50.7 x 35.8 cm) Plate: 19 7/8 x 13 15/16 in. (50.5 x 35.4 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.933

Tags

PrincessesMen

Art Historical Context

Step into the lavish world of 17th-century diplomacy with *Plate 17: The of the two princesses Hendaye* from the *Recueil de la Galerie Luxembourg*. This engraving captures allegorical moment from 1615, when Anne of Austria and Elizabeth of met on a bridge over the Bidassoa River Hendaye, France. The Spanish infanta Anne was handed over to France to wed Louis XIII, while the French princess Elizabeth traveled to Spain for Philip IV—sealing a pivotal alliance between the two powers and reshaping European politics. Originally derived from a painting in Peter Paul Rubens' monumental *Marie de' M...

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