Plate 34: King Ferdinand as Neptune, seated on a whale at center, with putti atop two small fish on either side; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum ' 1636 Jacob Neeffs 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 engra
Plate 34: King Ferdinand as Neptune, seated on a whale at center, with putti atop two small fish on either side; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum ' 1636 Jacob Neeffs 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, Cardinalis, Triumphalis Introitus in Flandriae Metropolim Gandavum', Antwerp [1636], illustrate what the series looked like. The Metropolitan Museum of Art owns 34 plates from the set of Plate 34: King Ferdinand as Neptune, seated on a whale at center, with putti atop two small fish on either side; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum '. Jacob Neeffs (Flemish, Antwerp 1610–after 1660 Antwerp). 1636. Engraving. Johannes Meursius (Flemish, active 1620–47)
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