Mercury leaves Antwerp; Entry of Ferdinand in Antwerp in 1635 (no. 34), 1639 - 1641 print Mercury leaves Antwerp. Due to the war and the closure of the Scheldt, the trade in Antwerp threatens to go into hiding. Mercurius with the sleeping river god of the Scheldt on the left, on the right the city -contest of Antwerp. With caption of 3 lines in Latin. The central performance on the scene of Mercurius, set up on the Sint-Jansbrug. Marked top left: p. 147b. Page No. 34 In a whole of 43 plates that illustrate the publication of the description of the entry of the Cardinal Infant Ferdinand of Aust
Mercury leaves Antwerp; Entry of Ferdinand in Antwerp in 1635 (no. 34), 1639 - 1641 print Mercury leaves Antwerp. Due to the war and the closure of the Scheldt, the trade in Antwerp threatens to go into hiding. Mercurius with the sleeping river god of the Scheldt on the left, on the right the city -contest of Antwerp. With caption of 3 lines in Latin. The central performance on the scene of Mercurius, set up on the Sint-Jansbrug. Marked top left: p. 147b. Page No. 34 In a whole of 43 plates that illustrate the publication of the description of the entry of the Cardinal Infant Ferdinand of Austria in Antwerp on 17 April 1635 as the new governor for the Spanish Netherlands. Southern Netherlands paper etching / engraving other decorative structures (~ triumphal entry, etc.). specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron. personification of a city, town-patron(ess) Antwerp. Scales
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