Plate 39: the arch at st michael's: the rear face: arch with a single large portal framed by pairs of columns of composite order; at the centre is a large canvas representing bellerophon slaying the chimera by shoving his spear, mounted with a block of lead, into the throat of the fire-breathing beast; arch surmounted by ornate acroterion with the coat-of-arms of ferdinand, a prince's crown, and cardinal's hat, topped by laurel and crossed palms encircled by a wreath; at either banners fly, with two flaming cannonballs below; winged victories at right and left bear military standards with the monograms for philip and ferdinand; flanking the pediment are two sphinxes; after peter paul rubens; illustration for gaspar gevaerts' "pompa introitus" (antwerp, 1641)
etching. Date: 1635-1641 (c.). Dimensions: Height: 500 mm (plate-mark); Height: 649 mm (sheet); Width: 316 mm; Width: 543 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Gaspar Gevaerts. Collection: British Museum. Arcus Ad. D. Michaelis Pars Posterior Bellerophon. (BM 1884,0112.70)
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