Plate 34: mercury departing from antwerp; on a pedestal at the centre stands mercury, wearing his winged helmut and sandals, readying for departure with a caduceus and purse raised in his outstretched hand; to the left the personification of a river god (river scheldt) leans against a silenced cannon, sleeping, as a putto turns the bounds around his ankle; at right, antverpia kneels on a block, with an anchor and broken oars beside her; in the background the stern of a ship rides the calm waters of the scheldt with the standard of the spanish netherlands flying; after peter paul rubens; illustration for gaspar gevaerts' "pompa introitus" (antwerp, 1641)
etching. Date: 1641. Dimensions: Height: 327 mm (trimmed); Width: 263 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Gaspar Gevaerts. Collection: British Museum. Mercurio Mercimo Niorum Præsidi P. (BM 1873,0510.3600)
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