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

Plate 5: entry of cardinal-infante ferdinand into antwerp through the emperor's gate (keizerspoort); in the company of maidens and a winged boy representing the genius of antwerp ('genius urbis antverpiensis'), the maiden of antwerp ('antverpia') has descended from her gilded car to greet the prince; she kneels before him, presenting with a laurel wreath on a salver; the antwerp burgomaster, robert tucher, accompanies ferdinand on horseback at centre; smoke from cannons at right; illustration for gaspar gevaerts' "pompa introitus" (antwerp, 1641) engraving and etching. Date: 1635-1641 (c.). Dimensions: Height: 313 mm (plate-mark); Height: 649 mm (sheet); Width: 535 mm; Width: 543 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Gaspar Gevaerts. Collection: British Museum. Print, book-illustration (BM 1884,0112.36)