Plate 19: Triumphal arch, elevation of the front, surmounted by a cloud bearing Ferdinand and royal ancestors; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis...'. Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 20 3/16 × 12 7/16 in. (51.2 × 31.6 cm). Published in: Antwerp. Publisher: Johannes Meursius (Flemish, active 1620-47). Date: 1636.On January 28, 1635, the city of Ghent celebrated the entry of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Spain, the recently appointed governor of the Southern Netherlands. A group of Flemish artists were commissioned to create paintings for the decoration of two triumphal arches erected in the city's main square for the occasion. Though the majority of these canvases are now lost, the engravings in Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis, S.R.E. Cardinalis, Triumphalis Introitus in Flandriae Metropolim Gandavum', Antwerp 1636, illustrate what the series looked like. The Metropolitan Museum of Art owns 34 pla
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