Print, book-illustration, Theodoor van Thulden, 1635-1641 (c.)

View of antwerp with the procession of cardinal-infante ferdinand of austria reaching the city entrance on the occasion of his triumphal entry in 1635; flag with crenulated cross of the spanish netherlands flying at left; ferdinand appears on horseback at centre, accompanied by troops of foot-soldiers and retinue or netherlandish and spanish noblemen; cavalry passing balustrade as they cross the river in foreground; spire of antwerp cathedral rising at centre; unsigned; an additional illustration bound with forty-three plates illustrating gaspar gevaerts' "pompa introitus" (antwerp, 1641) engraving and etching. Date: 1635-1641 (c.). Dimensions: Height: 307 mm (plate-mark); Height: 649 mm (sheet); Width: 543 mm; Width: 546 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Gaspar Gevaerts. Collection: British Museum. Print, book-illustration (BM 1884,0112.34)