Catafalque of the Infante Baltasar Carlos: Side Elevation

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Erasmus Quellinus Flemish
Subject Balthasar Carlos, Prince of Asturias Spanish

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The stone coffin rests on a tall pedestal under a cupola supported by pillars, the whole resting on a stone base and approached by fights of steps with lit candles. There are morecandles on the balustrades and the on the ribs of the cupola, above which is a tall pointed tree and a skeleton with a scythe. After Erasmus Quellinus.

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