Identification title(s): charles v abdicates in favor of philippe ii; entry of ferdinand into ghent in 1635. Tv nvnc eris alter ab illo (title on object). Object type: print serial number: 25/42object number: rp-p-ob-50. 135. Catalog reference: hollstein dutch 57. Fmh 1728-25. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 240. Description: abdication of emperor charles v on october 25, 1555, in which he transferred the government of the netherlands to his son philip. The emperor standing in front of the throne, next to him sits his sister mary of hungary. Also present: viglius of aytta and cardinal granvelle. Philip ii kisses his father's hand. Depiction on a side wall of the passage of the arcus caroli triumphal gate on the vrijdagmarkt. Sheet no. 25 in a set of 42 plates illustrating the publication of the description of the entry of the cardinal infant ferdinand of austria into ghent on january 28, 1635 as the new governor of the spanish netherlands. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: antony van der does, painting by: gaspar de crayer, design by: peter paul rubens, publisher: johannes van meurs (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: south netherlands. Dating: 1635 - 1636. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 277 mm × w 356 mm explanation used as illustration in: guillielmus becanus, serenissimi principis ferdinandi hispaniarum infantis s. R. E. Cardinalis triumphalis introitus in flandriae metropolim gandavum, j. Meursius, antwerp 1636, pl. 25. Subject: what: voluntary abdication (of a ruler), triumphal arch. Entry of the cardinal infant ferdinand into ghent. Abdication of charles v. When: 1635-01-28 - 1635-01-281555-10-25 - 1555-10-25. Where. Ghent. Friday market. Who: governor of the southern netherlands, ferdinand of austria. Charles v of habsburg (german emperor and king of spain). Philip ii (king of spain). Mary of hungary (governor of the netherlands). Antoine perrenot de granvelle. Viglius zuichemus ab aytta. Acquisition: transfer of management 1816. Date: between 1635 and 1636.
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