Plate 12: the arch of the philip: the front face; a two-tiered structure with a great central portral and smaller flanking portals, interspersed with composite columns and backed by pilasters supporting the entablature above; the painted centrepiece set within the tympanum depicts the marriage of the hapsburg and burgundian houses, with the archduke maximilian, son of emperor frederick iv, taking the hand of mary of burgundy, daughter of charles the bold, prince of the belgians and burgundians; surmounted by statues of the seated rulers of heaven, jupiter and his eagle with juno and her peacock, which are flanked on either side by standing winged personifications of providence and time; seated on the sloping pedastals to either side are personifications of austria and burgundy waving the standards of the spanish netherlands; above the centre archway is a statue of hymen carrying a torch and a cornucopia; lighted torches flank the upper storey; six portraits of maximilian and his descendents in the spanish line are distributed over the lower part of façade: at upper left, emperor maximilian; behind the balustrade at left is philip i; at upper right is emperor charles v; and behind the balustrade at right is philip ii; above the left portal, philip iii; above the right portal, the reigning monarch, philip iv; after peter paul rubens; illustration for gaspar gevaerts' "pompa introitus" (antwerp, 1641)
etching and engraving. Date: 1635-1641 (c.). Dimensions: Height: 550 mm (plate-mark); Height: 649 mm (sheet); Width: 373 mm; Width: 543 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Gaspar Gevaerts. Collection: British Museum. Arcus Philippei Pars Anterior (BM 1884,0112.43)
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