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Plate 1: Ferdinand as Mars, standing on a pedestal; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis...'

After Cornelis Schut Flemish
Publisher Johannes Meursius Flemish
1636
Not on view
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 plates from the set of 42.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Plate 1: Ferdinand as Mars, standing on a pedestal; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis...'
  • Artist: Pieter de Jode II (Flemish, 1606–ca. 1674)
  • Artist: After Cornelis Schut (Flemish, Antwerp 1597–1655 Antwerp)
  • Publisher: Johannes Meursius (Flemish, active 1620–47)
  • Published in: Antwerp
  • Date: 1636
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 15 3/8 × 11 7/8 in. (39.1 × 30.2 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Prints-Fete, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.7405
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Plate 6: Ferdinand receiving the keys to the city of Ghent; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis...'
Pieter de Jode II (Flemish, 1606–ca. 1674)
1636
Plate 20: Charles V and Ferdinand on Horseback; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis...'
Pieter de Jode II (Flemish, 1606–ca. 1674)
1636
Plate 8: Ferdinand on horseback crossing the Alps; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis...'
Pieter de Jode II (Flemish, 1606–ca. 1674)
1636
Plate 11: Ferdinand greeted by the Elector of Cologne; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis...'
Pieter de Jode II (Flemish, 1606–ca. 1674)
1636
Plate 10: The King of Hungary and Ferdinand on horseback; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis...'
Pieter de Jode II (Flemish, 1606–ca. 1674)
1636

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