Plate 34: mercury departing from antwerp; on a pedestal at the centre stands mercury, wearing his winged helmet and sandals, readying for departure with a caduceus and purse raised in his outstretched hand; to the left the personification of a river god leans against a silenced cannon, sleeping, as a putto turns the bounds around his ankle; at right, the personification of antwerp 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 schelde with the standard of the spanish netherlands flying; after peter paul rubens; illustration for gaspar gevaerts' "pompa introitus" (antwerp, 1641)
etching. Date: 1635-1641 (c.). Dimensions: Height: 335 mm (plate-mark); Height: 649 mm (sheet); Width: 271 mm; Width: 543 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Gaspar Gevaerts. Collection: British Museum. Mercurio Mercimo Niorum Præsidi P. (BM 1884,0112.65)
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