LATE 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK, INCISED 15-12, IMPRESSED H, WORKSHOP LABEL FOR FRANZ XAVER THALLMAIER, SIGNED MALTZ.

See Peter C. Sutton, The Age of Rubens, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Exhibition Catalogue, 22 September 1993 - 2 January 1994, Ghent, p. 23, fig. 13 for the original oil on canvas circa 1609-1610, located in the, Bayeriche Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Alte Pinakothek, Munich no. 334.

Although certainly a reflection of marital status, this work is noted as one of the first to also reveal new social ideals of marriage being more than an economic pact.